infancy; childhood; tender age
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
briskly with small steps; trotting
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
as a child; when one was a child
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
public lavatory; slut; whore; floozy
telephone booth; telephone box
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
sunlight filtering through trees
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
brown tabby; brown-speckled cat
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
to carry around; to carry on one's person
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
like this; in this way; as you see
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
to paint (draw) a picture
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding bed
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest