serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
sneaking a bite; snitching food
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
quite; utterly; really; completely
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to repeat; to be frequent
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
when; how soon; how long until
despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
financial power; financial means; wealth
very; much; greatly; a lot of
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to shout (in anger); to yell
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
way of speaking; intimation
to summon; to get used to call
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
to stop (plug) one's ears
floor above; floor upstairs
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
greater than ...; bigger ...