news programme; news program
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
ghost; spirit; apparition; spiritual body; causal body
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
aborted fetus (foetus); miscarried fetus; stillborn fetus; newborn baby
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
picturesque; pictorial; graphic
time; hour; season; suitable time; opportunity; chance
usually; under usual circumstances
successive generations; successive emperors
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
to get out of bed; to show a leg
to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
two (long cylindrical things)
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
eight (long cylindrical things)
finger; hands and fingers; hands
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine