to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
freshly pounded (rice cake); fresh from the mortar
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
bouncily; with a stretch; with a boing
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to mix; to blend; to combine
finish; completion; the end