buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
recipient; receiver; skilled practitioner (of judo, sumo, etc.); person who picks up the cards (in karuta games)
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
manners; courtesy; etiquette
practicality; utility; usefulness
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
leather; leather-bound; leathern
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
sabot; wooden shoe; work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown
counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
nostril; nostrils; naris; nares
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
to fold up; to fold into layers
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
the same generation; coeval
to buy again; to buy anew