it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
rather; better; instead; if anything
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
boy; son; baby boy; young man
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
Boys' Day celebration (May 5)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
Boys' Day celebration (May 5); Dragon Boat Festival (China)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
koinobori; carp streamer; carp-shaped windsock traditionally flown to celebrate the Children's Day in May
to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food; to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in
rice cake wrapped in oak leaves; sleeping in a futon folded in half
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
bathwater with iris leaves; sweet-flag bath
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
victory or defeat; match; contest; game