dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
mental; spiritual; emotional
footwork; mobility; flexibility; adaptability
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
bunches (e.g. of fruit); clusters; crammed (e.g. with people); overflowing
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
main shrine; inner sanctuary
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)