crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
high rice field; very fertile rice field
quick; nimble; agile; sharp; smart; clever
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
weakness; effeminacy; enervation
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
(whether to) continue or eliminate; existence
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
way; method; means; (technical) specification
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
collaboration; joint work
average; leveling; levelling
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to