cookware; cooking utensil
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
unable to resist; unable to suppress
lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe
oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice; threesome including a mother and her daughter
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
gender; distinction of sex; sex
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
extensive knowledge; erudition
to talk (a person) down; to confute
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
around the world; throughout the world
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
daring; fearless; audacious; bold; dauntless; daredevil
naivete; simplicity; innocence
to think too much of; to make too much of
underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
quitting while one is ahead