(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
to quit one's job; to resign
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)
Miyoshi Tatsuji (1900.8.23-1964.4.5)
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
being on duty; person on duty
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
cabinet; housing (of equipment)
Victoria (Seychelles); Victoria (Australia)
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
rental car; rent-a-car; hired auto; car rental agency; car hire agency; hire car agency
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
fittings that open and close (doors, windows, shoji, fusuma, etc.); fixtures
to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
jokingly; in the form of a joke
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
on bad terms; at loggerheads
older brother and younger sister