childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
education; training; discipline
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
sobriety; soberness; sober face
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
opposition (in phyllotaxis); opposite arrangement; opposing pairs (of leaves)
mesh-patterned; webbed; cancellous; cancellate; reticulate; reticulated
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
distance; perspective; far and near; here and there
to practice magic; to practise magic
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
(some small) help; an aid; some assistance
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
together; mutually; reciprocally; adds a nuance of solemnity or formality
thin (blade); rectangular-shaped thin-bladed knife (esp. used for vegetables)
abrasive compound; abrading agent; abradant; polishing agent
model; (good) example; exemplar; paragon
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
autosuggestion; self-suggestion
algebraic equation; polynomial; character expression; literal expression
way of murdering; killing method; way of using a sword
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents; ungrateful child; unfilial child
to suture a wound; to sew up a wound
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
after tax income; net income
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
to stare in wonder; to be amazed