mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to make (someone) drink; to force to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
3rd day of the month; three days
4th day of the month; four days
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
(barbed) wire entanglements
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
one part; one portion; one section
corrugated iron; corrugated sheet metal; galvanised sheet iron
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
confidentially; privately; off the record
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
such; this sort of; like this
to badger; to pester; to beg