to lie down; to throw oneself down
difficult to eat; unpalatable
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to recover consciousness; to come to
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
critical point (temperature)
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming; flooding (e.g. with tasks)
24th day of the month; 24 days
25th day of the month; 25 days
(in) her way; peculiar to her
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
clothes; clothing; garments
quick; prompt; alert; smart; clever; astute
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
curing (meat, etc.); preservative treatment; save process (e.g. to disk); save operation
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
to help each other; to cooperate
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
solely; entirely; only; sharing; together