mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
ingenuity; resourcefulness
counter for generations; epoch
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
memories; recollections; reminiscence
in order; in turn; one by one
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to dry up completely; to become stale
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
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)
military science; strategy; tactics
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)