unidentified mysterious animal
hook (high point of a song); chorus
extract; excerpt; selection
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to scrape off; to shave off
to pluck; to pick; to tear
slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
thousands; several thousand
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
degeneration; retrogression
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
to understand; to make out
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
with a friendly grin; smilingly
one's family (home) background (environment)
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
to be born; to come into the world
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow