congratulation; celebration
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
absentmindedness; dreaminess; simpleton; fool
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to become verminous; to be infested with insects; to begin to keep bad company; to have an (unfavorable, unfavourable) lover
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
casting; cast-metal object
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
impoliteness; carelessness; misconduct; clumsiness
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
drinker; person who can hold their drink
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
to be transparent; to show through
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
(Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove
saw-edged perch (Niphon spinosus)
finally; barely; only just; gradually
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside