idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
playing with dirt; gardening; farming (as a hobby)
the very image of health itself; picture of health
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
(physical) growth; development
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
thought; consideration; thinking
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
trunk (of the body); soma
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
coincident with; while; simultaneously
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
not yet known; unknown; strange
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent