exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
growth period; growing season
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
hair pulled tightly back in a bun
mending; repair; darning; patching up
(arch.) Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan); shoots of this plant
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
bad boy; naughty child; brat
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
rare (or peculiar) animal
practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)
miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs; child who is made light of; child who is left out of games; immature child or person
undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
seedling; sapling; young tree
male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)
in a little while; in a bit
passage of the seasons; change of the four seasons
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
carbonization; carbonisation
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
to water (a plant, a flower etc.)
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
to be finished; to be completed; to be done