circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
portrait; likeness; picture
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
ordinary (esp. life or behavior); typical; conventional; standard; average
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
suffix for familiar person
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
than; from; out of; except; but; more
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
naivete; simplicity; innocence
to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)
adds force or indicates command
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
(in the midst of) busyness
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
study; library; den; home office; reading room
postcard; memo; note; card