thrifty; frugal; economical
dark; gloomy; black; doleful; discouraged; disappointed
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
meaning; significance; sense
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to get hungry; to become hungry
by myself; in person; by oneself
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
surroundings; environs; circumference
memory; sense; experience
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
amanatto; beans (e.g. adzuki, cowpea, fava) simmered in sugar syrup and coated with granulated sugar
how; in what way; how about
castella (type of sponge cake)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
ten; 10; ten years of age
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice