to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to live; to make a living; to get on with
progress; being under way
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to attack; to assault; to assail
war; fighting; fierce competition
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
strong-willed; strong of heart
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
because of; owing to; due to
anything and everything; just about everything
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
should; must; -able; probably; likely
firm; unshakeable; resolute
belief; faith; conviction
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
instead; but (on the other hand)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect