to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
practice; practising; training; study
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
one's first campaign; one's first battle
being in love with each other
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
five (long cylindrical things)
high priest; highly ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhism; Buddhist temple
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
three and eight; Arisaka Type 38 rifle
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
great laughter; burst of laughter
to roll about; to writhe about
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to investigate thoroughly; to research thoroughly; to master; to understand completely
encouragement; incentive; stimulus
shoji (paper sliding door)
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)