to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to recall; to remember; to recollect
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
cork stopper; (bottle) cork
such; like that; that sort of; very
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to speak; to say; to vocalize
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
out-of-school learning; off-campus learning
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
together; at the same time; same; identical
all; entire; whole; altogether
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
two persons; two people; pair; couple
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to shake; to sway; to waver