depending on the ...; to depend on the ...
to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much
to exert oneself; to make efforts
topic of discussion; agenda
fertile shoot of field horsetail
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
to charge to the company; to put on an expense account; to write off as an expense
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
to talk; to carry meaning
to devote oneself wholeheartedly to; to sacrifice one's health for; to risk one's life
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
contrivance; bit of fiddling; little ingenuity; bit more (e.g. food)
distinguished war service; merit of war
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions)
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
thrifty person; frugal person; economizer
to find out; to discover; to locate
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience