guidance; protective custody
a long time ago; in those days
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
sleeping without turning over
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
all night long; all through the night
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
about when; about what time; how soon
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
beginning; clue; starting point
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
completion ceremony; graduation ceremony
success or failure; result
cannot be compared with; no match for
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
fateful; decisive (e.g. war)
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
endurance; perseverance; patience
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to push aside; to push one's way through
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
physical condition; state of health
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
like that; that way; thus
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at