lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
ultimate; final; last; eventual
bento; Japanese box lunch
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
as a child; when one was a child
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
spinning mill; cotton mill
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
singing voice; (sound of) singing
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
scenery; scene; landscape
to be turned up; to be turned inside out; to ride up; to be lifted (e.g. by wind)
scene; view; prospect; outlook
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
handrail; railing; banister
imposing stance; daunting pose
migratory bird; bird of passage
corpulence; fatness; obesity
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range