tiered doll stand (for hina dolls); tiered platform; tiered gallery
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
each place; various places
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
older brother; elder brother
overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
encouragement; urging; spurring on
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to call a person's attention (to)
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
straight-laced person; stubborn person
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
and yet; though; when; in spite of
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
trip abroad; overseas travel
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)