May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to blow through; to blow across
several weeks; a few weeks
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
third day of the month; three days
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
tag (children's game); tig
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to taste; to savor; to relish
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable
body; body blow (in boxing)
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
contradiction; inconsistency
treating someone like a child
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
stone oven; masonry oven; brick oven
opposite; reverse; contrary
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
partly puffed up; bubblingly
lately; recently; nowadays