custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
ten (long cylindrical things)
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
summertime; summer season
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
that is to say; so that means
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
how; in what way; in what manner
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
sweeping conquest; sweeping over; conquering; invading
significant; suggestive; insinuating; words or behaviour that hints at a deeper meaning
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
being fond of; having a liking for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
lottery; lot; raffle; draw