bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
control; management (e.g. of a business)
husband and wife; married couple
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
how have you been?; (lit.) nothing (untoward) has happened, has it?
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
fighting against an illness
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation