quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
to rank next to; to come after
dry field farming; dry field crop
amount of light; quantity of light
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
dietary fiber; dietary fibre
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
(insect) pest; insect carrying disease germs; insect causing damage to crops
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
and also; and on top of that; so (I take it that ...); then ...; (arch.) in that case; (arch.) if so