to bend over in the shape of the hiragana character ku; to bend forward from the waist to form a chevron shape
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
good performance; good work; great success
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
from the beginning; from scratch
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
slope; sloping ground; sloping lot
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
running as fast as one can
not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore
at a young age; while still young
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
getting stuck in a rut; becoming stereotyped
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
failure; futility; uselessness; x (mark); cross
mason; stonemason; stonecutter
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
tomorrow will take care of itself; let the morn come and the meat with it; (lit.) tomorrow, the winds of tomorrow will blow
to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
good things come to those who wait