short essay; pamphlet; tract
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; yo-ho!; heave-ho!
mountain river; mountain stream
to sprout; to put forth buds
zest for living; energy to live
to feel hungry; to get hungry
special promotion (in rank or grade)
to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
back off!; leave me alone!
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
since one was born; (in) all one's life
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
your home; your family; their home; (my) home