small woman; young woman; young maid
linking; linkage; associating (information); connecting
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
strikebreaker; scab; strikebreaking
point of compromise; common ground
bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
Buddhist priest who is also an important politician
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
commercialization; commercialisation
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
to peel off and fall; to flake away
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
magnifying glass; wrestler of the lowest rank
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to draw in (one's body); to duck (one's head)
piece of paper; paper scrap; paper strip
to whom it may concern; to the involved parties; to all persons concerned
industrialization; industrialisation; commercialization
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
to carry around; to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.); to be indirect
to search for; to seek for; to look for
bloomers; 'safe' pants worn over normal underwear in sports
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
laborious composition; struggling to compose a poem
D-pad (directional keypad on a video game game controller, remote control, etc.)
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
mass culture; pop culture; popular culture; culture of the people (as opposed to the elite)
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better