to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to lie down; to throw oneself down
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
handicraft; industrial art object
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to sew up; to sew together
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
earthen figure; clay figure; dogū; clay figurines from the late Jōmon period
origin; beginning; source; rise
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
to be frank; to drop all pretense
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
to manipulate puppets; to pull wires
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death
to have an uneasy conscience
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
physical education; PE; gym (class)
gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit
bloomers; (girls') gym shorts
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness