loveable; very likeable; like very much
good humour (humor); good mood
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
noted priest; celebrated priest
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
sacred ground; sacred precincts
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place)
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
lovers' tiff; quarrel between lovers; chattering; idle talk
smokehole on hearth; hearth; (kitchen) furnace
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
water wheel; water turbine; hydraulic turbine; (arch.) violent wielding of weapons
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
how many years; how long; what year
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)