opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to make an appearance; to show up
for crying out loud!; for chrissakes!; denotes shock at ignorance
how; in what way; how about
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
occasional; infrequent; rare
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa); Japanese flowering dogwood
fallen leaves; leaf litter; leaf fall; dropping leaves; deciduous
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
loving something but being very bad at it
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
no matter how much time passes
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to cut with scissors; to put scissors to; to punch (e.g. ticket); to prune (e.g. shrub)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
daytime; noon; broad daylight