scale; balance; weighing machine
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
fine article; good-quality item; quality product
moisture; humidity; dampness; scabies; sarcoptic mange; the itch
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
to wet; to moisten; to dampen
small; little; fine; pebble
immediately; right away; on the spot
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
creeping; crawling; sneaking
the whole year; all the year
to grow up; to become an adult
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
mochi wrapped with sweet bean jam
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
boiling something whole (e.g. vegetable, fish); cooking something whole
(together) with; -wide; including
kumquat (Fortunella spp.); cumquat
forthcoming publication; to be published soon; coming soon; recent publication
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
bento; Japanese box lunch