to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
repenting; improving one's nature
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel
weariness (from); fatigue; tiredness; exhaustion
to knead well; to polish; to refine
brotherly love; fraternal love; sibling affection
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
Japan; the (Japanese) empire
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
favoritism; favouritism; partiality
heigh-ho; heave-ho; hold on!; just a minute; la-la
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
rainy; showery; inclement
going up and down; rising and falling
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
hot-spring village; onsen village
between times; when there's a spare moment
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
beautification; glorification
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
to wheeze; to breathe with difficulty; to gasp
rowdiness; rowdy (person or event)
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome