yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
lacquerware; painting; coating
here and there; in places
to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
farming implement; farm tools
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to lean against; to set against
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
(another's) daughter; young lady
suffix for familiar person
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
with a friendly grin; smilingly
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
treating someone like a child
to annoy; to irritate; to cause offence; to provoke; to get on someone's nerves
to be silent; to say nothing
artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding; to win someone over (with food); to butter up
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
about when; about what time; how soon