fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
thermos bottle; vacuum flask
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
close-cropped hair; shaven head
since one was born; (in) all one's life
urinating outdoors; urinating by the roadside
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
invisibly; secretly; privately
having not the slightest idea
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
chief; main; principal; major
to set (sun); to become dark
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
bygones; the past; past event
barbershop; barber shop; barber
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
to switch off; to turn off
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
the passage of electric current
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan