to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
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early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
puffing (e.g. steam train); chugging; steaming; feeling hot
priority; preference; preferential right; right of way
party-internal; within the party
how much; how many; however
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
chikuzenni; simmered chicken and vegetables; chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
taste; liking; preference
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
cardboard box for mandarin oranges
Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
crayfish (esp. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus or red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii); crawfish
hard education; hard training; Spartan education
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
quiz; short test; mini test
rolled Japanese-style omelette
another thing; other things; another man's property
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
curious onlookers; rubbernecks