to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
boy; son; baby boy; young man
older brother and younger sister
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
splish-splash; with a splash
to run around; to bustle about
butterfly net; net for catching insects
enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)
packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
to begin to walk; to set out
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
bathing (in a lake, river, or in the sea); playing in the water; playing with water
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
good feeling; feeling good
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
treating someone like a child
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
with these words; while saying
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange