chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
far away in the distance; in the far distance
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
ultimate; final; last; eventual
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
plaintive; piteous; doleful
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
sponge; spongy; spongiform
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
bent back; hunchback; stoop
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
boiled and half-dried bonito
to stick in one's throat; to choke on something
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
writing; composition; essay; sentence
memory; sense; experience
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
indeed; really; truly; very much
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded