(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
solution; solution strategy
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
settlement; solution; resolution
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to jar; to creak; to grate
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
(playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, etc.
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
naivete; simplicity; innocence
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
the whole area; all areas
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
low dining table; tea table
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)