rest; relaxation; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
emotional scars; mental trauma
refreshment; refreshing oneself; refreshing one's spirit; (memory) refresh
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
direct unforked road; straight path
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
national costume; folk costume; native dress; traditional dress
one's native country; land of one's birth
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
flashiness; showiness; bloom; flowers; Republic of China
counter for wheels and flowers
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); -ing
country; territory; domain; realm
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
ceramics; pottery and porcelain
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive
sense of being the chosen people
somewhat reserved (diffident); shyly; timidly; retiringly; in a retiring (reserved) manner
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
talking while standing; standing around talking
yen (currency of Japan); circle