spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to rock; to shake; to swing
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
such ... as; or some such
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
beyond that point; after that
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to say; to tell; to state; to do
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
polishing (e.g. essay); revision; elaboration; refinement; improvement
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
adjustment; retouching (in photography)
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...