how should I know?; don't ask me
person concerned; interested party; related party
without touching; no touching; not participating in; not being concerned by; without being involved in
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
the last moment; the very end
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
invitation; introduction; temptation
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
exceptional item; extraordinary product
now that; since; so long as; because
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
quotation; citation; reference
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
pixel; picture element; PEL
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
difficult problem; challenge
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
not limited to; not just ...
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)