bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
ignorant of the ways of the world
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to be kind to; to treat kindly
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
it's not like; it isn't as if
weather; fair weather; fine weather
bento; Japanese box lunch
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
fried potato; French fries; chips
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
general; popular; common; typical
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle