encouragement of agriculture
collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
raising and lowering; praising and blaming; modulation
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways; leafhopper (insect); jassid; sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes); levelling off (of prices, etc.)
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
cheep cheep; tweet tweet; gently (moving)
cabriole leg (of a table, chair, etc.); stealthy footsteps; walking silently
six-legged Chinese-style chest
smallish; on the small side
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
latter half of one's life
the first half-year; first half of the year
proof to the contrary; disproof; counter-evidence; rebuttal; refutation
specialization; specialisation
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
to glare at each other; to confront each other
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless