to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
fertile shoot of field horsetail
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
tenant (esp. residential tenant in apartment block); occupant; inhabitant; inmate
women's college; women's university
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
(being) about to start out; (being) about to leave; having just left; (being) on the way
to become desperate; to give in to despair
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on
particularly; only; in the case of
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
kindergartener; preschooler
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
to call again; to call someone back
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
tacit; unspoken; implicit
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth