aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
bean curd lees; soybean pulp; refuse from tofu; deutzia; Deutzia crenata
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
reward; present; gift; offering to the gods
worldly affairs; public affairs
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
blooming tachibana; tachibana flower
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century)
long (time); protracted; prolonged
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to increase; to add to; to augment
bloodsucking; sucking blood
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to add (to); to add on; to append
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
family; relatives; dependents; household
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to take over; to hand over