unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
early on; earlier on; from early
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
to entrust; to leave to a person
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
mysterious and unconfirmed animals (e.g. chupacabra, etc.)
rare (or peculiar) animal
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up
forcibly; against one's will
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
note (letter) left behind; will
sleeping late in the morning
a morning drink (of sake)
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
children's story; fairy tale
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily