fully prepared; all ready
stuffing; filling; packing; padding
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
circle and cross; right and wrong (answers); true-false
faith is mysterious; faith is weird; (lit.) even a pilchard's head (can be revered) through faith
time preservation; saving time
time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short
straw post for training sword strikes, karate punches and arrow hits
learning from observing others
do not chase the one who leaves
Lights are usually followed by shadows
pretending to be kind; self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony
personal attack; personal denunciation
syllabary; phonetic symbol
to saw off; to interrupt; to suspend; to discontinue
tomorrow will take care of itself; let the morn come and the meat with it; (lit.) tomorrow, the winds of tomorrow will blow
oyaki; fried round wheat or buckwheat flour cake with various fillings; imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; (lit.) to indicate by pointing one's chin; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber
black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris)
accept one who comes to you
to be splendid; to be superb
criterion (criteria) for selection
student at the same middle school; graduate of the same middle school
re-covering; repapering; reupholstering
boneless pork rib; boned pork rib