rest period; intermission; break time; recess
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
method of bringing up; method of raising
(loaf of) bread; bread in a rectangular shape
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
to sew up; to sew together
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
class; heading; group; category
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
to talk; to carry meaning
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)
step; stride; counter for steps
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
satisfying; pleasing; gratifying
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
time; hour; season; time of the year
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
to throw on the fire; to burn