big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
ordinary; in the past; usual; regular
to differ; to vary; to disagree
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
social dance; social dancing
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
if you think about it; come to think of it
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
year in, year out; always; 24-7
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
at first; in the beginning; originally
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
actor; actress; player; performer
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest
reading partway; leaving half-read
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
action of making something; -ification