to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
firm; unshakeable; resolute
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
curious; strange; unusual
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
extended leave; long vacation
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a pickled cherry leaf
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
mizu yōkan; soft adzuki-bean jelly
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
chestnut manjū (filled with a paste of red bean and chestnut)
dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)
rice-cake sweet sandwiched between two camellia leaves
every year; yearly; annually
periodic; regular; routine