slit; slitting (slicing a sheet of paper, metal, etc. into narrower strips)
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern; snot bubble
votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse
design; idea; conception; plan
everywhere; all over the place; here and there; at every turn
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
feather; plume; plumage; down
to fly around; to scatter
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
counter for birds or rabbits
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
sale; sales; selling; marketing
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
use; utility; effect; benefit
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
one grain; one drop; one bead
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty