sharp parting remark; parting threat
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
practice; practising; experience
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to accept (a thing) with thanks
simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal
cruel wife; termagant wife; wife from hell
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
spouse; wife; husband; partner
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
manners; behavior; behaviour
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
manners; behavior; behaviour
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
interruption; suspension; break
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower