malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to put on; to wear; to be used to wearing
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
freshly pounded (rice cake)
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
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
vehicle; horse-drawn carriage
to mix; to blend; to combine
finish; completion; the end
one's (own) house; one's (own) home
city bus service; municipal bus service
dark (color); concentrated; thick
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
day by day; every day; by the day
if you think about it; come to think of it
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
to be nearing death; to be dying
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
every year; yearly; annually
three kinds; three varieties
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
collection of short stories; collected short stories
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient