ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
author; writer; novelist; artist
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
venerable authority; elderly master
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
containing (an ingredient, mineral, etc.)
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
unconditionally; as a rule
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
warning; admonition; lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to be born; to come into the world
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
the same age; same period
apt to think; tend to think
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)