supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
marker (pen); marker (object); scorekeeper (esp. in golf); marker
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down; to gobble up
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
as time goes by; as time went by; with the passage of time; over time
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
to have an eye on; to zero in on
depository; storage area; storage location; storage site
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
shichi-go-san; 7-5-3 day; festival day for children aged 7, 5 and 3 held on or around November 15; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
to concern; to be related
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
Nagano (city, prefecture)
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
to badger; to pester; to beg
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
living thing; living creature; animal; life
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time