to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
festival; feast; carnival
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
this world; this life; world of the living
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
dry field farming; dry field crop
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
beginning; outset; first; onset
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
social dance; ballroom dancing
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
girls' high school (pre-WWII)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver