speech; words; one's lines; remarks
scabies; sarcoptic mange; the itch
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
rice cake shop keeper; rice cake store (shop)
to become spring-like; to show signs of spring
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
main; principal; chief; primary; major
sentiment; sentimentality
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
to mix; to stir; to blend
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse