modern person; people of today
it's not like; it isn't as if
environment; circumstance
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
wood basket; firewood bucket; log holder
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
to backfire; to have a harmful result
storehouse; warehouse; godown
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to breathe out; to exhale
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
red food coloring; red food colouring
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
mind; disposition; nature
to listen again; to ask again
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with