inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to blame; to find fault with
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
penalty for contract breach
aftercare; care for patients after discharge from hospital; after-sales service
impossible; unlikely; improbable
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
warning (e.g. for a storm); advisory
confusion; mixing; merger
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
to be experienced in the ways of the world; to taste the bitter and the sweet
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to be evasive; to be not entirely truthful; to not be frank
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
calling by name; designation; nomination
again; once more; a second time
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
finding oneself; self-discovery; journey of self-discovery; search for self
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
use; utility; effect; benefit
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to feel hungry; to get hungry
to run around; to bustle about
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest