bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
body; body blow (in boxing)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
bracken starch (starch produced from the rhizomes of bracken)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
sense of touch; sense of being touched; tactile sense
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
to make short work of; to eat up quickly
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
management; administration; operation
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
the same generation; coeval
to begin talking; to open up
internal conditions; true state of affairs
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
good feeling; feeling good
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
surely; certainly; without doubt
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
festivities; celebration; wedding; marriage ceremony
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into