eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
time; season; period; phase; stage
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
commuting to school; school commute
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
permit (to pass, enter, etc.); pass
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
packing; crating; packaging
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
opening (the doors to an event, etc.); inauguration
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
naturally; of course; understandably
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes); killifish; Japanese medaka
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
space (room, area, outer space)
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to indicate; to show; to point to
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
to face on; to look out on to