young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
one's nature; talents; destiny; mission; sphere of activity
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
outside world; physical world
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
very young; little; childish; immature
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
wild goose; glans; head of a penis
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
in that way; thus; so; so?
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
distinction; differentiation; classification
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
thrush (esp. the dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni)
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing