common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to be cleared of a charge
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
production (e.g. play); direction
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
calamity; disaster; accident
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
different opinion; objection
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
in person; personally; directly
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
wicked heart; evil design
to hide; to conceal oneself
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble