here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
the other day; lately; recently
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
macaron (meringue-based sandwich cookie); French macaroon
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
department store; department
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
as (for); for; in the capacity of
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
(some) more; even more; longer; further
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master