dental caries; tooth decay
crossarm; bracket; blade; semaphore
daily wages; payment by the day
being bombed; being A-bombed; being nuked; being exposed to radiation (from an atomic blast)
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to start working; to take action
repeatedly; several times; many times
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
drawing blood; collecting blood
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
excessive bleeding; massive bleeding
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
prudence; judgement; sense; discipline; care; control
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
the same night; that night
third day of the month; three days
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to kill by burning to death
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
returning from school; going home from school
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake