indefinite; unlimited; life imprisonment
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
marriage ceremony; wedding
birth; creation; formation
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
author; writer; novelist; artist
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
San'etsu (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
in proportion to; just as much as
leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous