failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term
three cups of sake which latecomers to a party are made to drink
chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour; watchdog; chaperone; watcher
to be on the right track; to go well
to start; to begin; to commence
to relieve each other; to take turns (to do)
Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr
choucroute; sauerkraut; choucroute garnie; sauerkraut cooked and served with meat
Seiken Densetsu (lit: Holy Sword Legend), a.k.a. "... of Mana" (RPG series)
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
double-dipping (a food item in sauce)
scarcity of eligible women; difficulty for a man to find a woman; woman shortage
suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant
leading figure; prominent figure; big name; star actor (of a troupe)
lacking in some desired property (size, usefulness, etc.)
as is usual with; in common with
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
waxing and waning of the moon; phase of the moon; rising and falling (of fortune)
crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus); Oriental honey buzzard; pern
fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
to arrest; to apprehend; (arch.) to call; (arch.) to summon
to appear rustic; to become countrified
horizon; point where the sky meets the earth