exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
kindergarten pupil; kindergartener; preschooler; child in daycare
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
Kyōgoku Natsuhiko (1963-)
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
child of the times; modern kid; kids of today; with-it youngster
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
martial arts stadium; (Nippon) Budokan (indoor arena in Tokyo)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation