wicker basket; wickerwork basket
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
carrying voice; well-projected voice
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
embarking (a ship); embarkation; boarding; ship (carrying someone)
to jump upon (a moving object)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
light brown; golden brown; tan
town girl; girl raised in a town
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
preparation; arrangements
ehehe (embarrassed laugh); ahaha
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
straightforward approach; playing it straight; fair deal
to be choppy (of waves); to be rough; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to beat fast (of a heart); to be in turmoil; to be in discord
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
river; stream; River; the ... river
to suffer damage; to be deceived
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
home area; home town; local
comparatively; quite; rather
different (from); not the same (as)
children's story; fairy tale
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
land route; overland route; by land; overland
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
different thing; another question; different case
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
sauce; Worcestershire sauce