people; men and women; each person; everybody
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
the last half-year; second half of the year
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
boy; son; baby boy; young man
aviary; henhouse; chicken house
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
social; societal; societary
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
adult woman; mature woman
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
fourth month of the lunar calendar
originally; by nature; from the start
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
proper; reasonable; right; appropriate
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
Jizo Festival; child-focused religious festival, in which Jizo statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; held on August 23-24
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death