bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
joint together; opposite; facing
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
counter for books; volume
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to have all the fun; to get the better part of the deal; to get the easy life
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
extremely; terrifically; super
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
verge of death; dying moments
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
to like; to love; to be fond of
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
how many years; how long; what year
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
late blooming (flower, talent); late flowering
one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon
sick person; patient; invalid