to explain carefully and slowly; to explain politely in simple terms; to spoon-feed
sometimes; occasionally; somehow (or other); in some way; being apt to; being liable to
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
value; worth; virtue; blessing
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
runny nose; (watery) nasal mucus
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio
I Ching (ancient Chinese divination and philosophical text; one of the Five Classics of Confucianism); The Book of Changes; Yijing
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong
free from worldly or worthless thoughts
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
early closing; finishing (work) early
to be lazy; to be idle; to slack; to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
ditch; drain; gutter; gap (between cutting guides)
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
to speak ambiguously; to be vague; to equivocate; to prevaricate
nasal hair; nose hair; being infatuated with women; fool
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
even if nothing else; more than anything else
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
does not match (one's, its) appearance
fiery chariot (that carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
annotation; explanatory note; comment
example; simile; metaphor; allegory