guesswork; speculation; hunch
hills and fields; hill and dale
literature; books (reference); document
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
older brother and younger sister
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
mizu yōkan; soft adzuki-bean jelly
without being discouraged by this (experience); without letting this put (you) off; without being held back by this
cake or snack served with tea
present (brought by a visitor); gift
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
paste; glue; clothing starch
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
fortune-telling; divination
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
opening a business; opening a practice
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
shaman; oracle; diviner; medium
augury; fortune-telling; divination
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...