to detain; to check; to restrain
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
until now; so far; up to the present
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
boy; son; baby boy; young man
February; second month of the lunar calendar
first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)
to set up shop; to open a store
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to invite in; to show someone in
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
presence; sitting with; being with
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
very small amount of money; penny; cent; nickel; dime
being a victim of (some disaster); suffering from