anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
sampling food; tasting; trying
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
nowadays; in this day and age
so; like this; in this way
all over Japan; throughout Japan
all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land; far and wide; (in) every port and harbor
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
primary school; elementary school; grade school
pupil; student; schoolchild
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
to order; to command; to appoint
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
all; entire; whole; altogether
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
dorayaki; dessert sandwich of two small sweet pancakes and red bean paste