to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
to be expensive; to be costly
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
(water-filled) paddy field
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
it's not like; it isn't as if
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease