"minor snow" solar term (approx. November 22)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
several years; a few years
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
materials; data; document
nausea; sickness in the stomach
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
passing through without stopping; passing by
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
substitute article; back-up
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
inheritance from a parent
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
difference between the sexes; sexual difference
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled