to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
trivial; not amounting to much
being very forgetful; having a bad memory
(turned out) all right in the end
about; on; regarding; per; for every
wildcard; storm card; gaji; extra card (in hanafuda, kabufuda, etc.; sometimes depicting an ogre); joker; blank card
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
resembling ...; having the traits or characteristics of ...; -looking; with a ...-like expression; with an air of ...
to bury; to embed; to implant
shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
this school; the school in question
after school (at the end of the day)
Japanese history; history of Japan
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
wish; desire; ambition; choice
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
spelling mistake (usually in a foreign language)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
to succeed; to bear fruit
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
an inch ahead; the immediate future