irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to pick up; to find; to gather
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
how; in what way; by what means
very young; little; childish; immature
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
department store; department
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
food mall; restaurant area (of a department store, airport, etc.); restaurant floor
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
business; trade; operations; sales
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
society; the world; the times
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing