worldly desires; materialistic desires
every year; yearly; annually
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
February; second month of the lunar calendar
cacao tree (Theobroma cacao); cocoa tree
final; eventual; ultimate
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly and flirt with each other
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
game; match; contest; competition; sport; (sporting) event
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
in this way; along these lines; similarly
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
yellow race; Mongoloid race
running as fast as one can
to withstand; to be able to endure
genuine; authentic; true; real
concentration; density; cardinality
only recently; just of late
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to wheedle a person into doing something; to carry a portable shrine
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
guess; conjecture; surmise
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (esp. in an online game)
food cooked in miso; cooking in miso