at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
besides; in addition; also; moreover
third day of the month; three days
fourth day of the month; four days
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
baseball ground; baseball stadium
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
something or other; somehow
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
tub bath; washing oneself in a tub; taking a bath in a washtub; cleaning oneself for religious purification; ablution
that's true; of course; obviously
it's not like; it isn't as if
nice person; good-natured person
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
a couple (of lovers, etc.)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
swaying (with large slow movements); shaking