lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to talk; to chat; to chatter
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to feel; to sense; to experience
feeling; sense; impression
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)
wafer cake filled with bean jam; (in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)