above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
Olympian; Olympic athlete
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
(the art of) storytelling
difficult to ...; hard to ...
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
for today; for the time being
bento; Japanese box lunch
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
musical composition; tune
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
review; reconsideration; revision
Kubota Toshinobu (1962.7-)
rice field in a low place
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
strong-willed; volitional
pert; tomboyish; impudent; (arch.) gallant; (arch.) chivalrous
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction