asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
younger brother and sister
short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized
large family; extended family
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
feeling of fullness; ability of a food to fill you up
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
rave reviews; extremely high praise
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
to take a breath; to take a short rest
declaration; statement; proclamation
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
every year; yearly; annually
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
to sniff out; to catch the scent of
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills
recovery; rescue; recapture
three sides; small offering stand
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)