beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
unidentifiable; unidentified
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
blighted love; disappointed love
public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)
very rich person; the super rich
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)
commuting to school; school commute
home area; home town; local
triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; (lit.) as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
to govern; to manage; to subdue
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
merchant of death; arms dealer
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
one's family (home) background (environment)
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order