to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
mental; spiritual; emotional
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
understood; I see; OK; present; here
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
southern part; the south (of a region)
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
being fond of; having a liking for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to taste; to try (food or drink)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on