phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
three; three years of age
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to manage something successfully; to be successful
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
clearing one's throat; cough
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
to make a copy (of); to copy (down); to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
way of talking; speaking style
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to remove; to move out of the way
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (a letter) till called for
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to hold fast; to protect to the end
maid; helper; help; assistance
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
but; however; although; though
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling