orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
lukewarm; tepid; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
paper lantern with bow-shaped handle
trivia; snippet of knowledge
to strengthen; to beef up; to put on a firm basis; to ensure; to secure
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)
type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
plaster; patch; ointment; liniment
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
amusing; funny; interesting
at work; in the midst of work; working
it seems so; that's what it looks like
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from
house mouse (Mus musculus)
insolent fellow; rude fellow
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
podgily; plumply; thickly
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
sign of remorse; indication of regret
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
emotional strength; force of will
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast