pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
samurai receiving this much rice as a fee; offering of rice cake containing this much rice; person receiving this amount of money as a salary
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
sparkling; glistening; glittering; fluttering; flickering
archery; mapping; map; morphism
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor; insider
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
one full game (consisting of east, south, west, and north rounds)
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
morning sickness; hyperemesis gravidarum
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask
thatching; thatch; thatched roof
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
daytime; position of the Sun
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
member of one's in-group (e.g. family member, colleague)
dusk; nightfall; twilight
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
last departure (of the day); last train; last bus
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.)