to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
quarrel; dispute; argument
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
extermination; annihilation
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
blocking the way; standing in the way
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to be infected; to be contagious
to have an eye on; to zero in on
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
food and drink; eating and drinking
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
rural beauty; rusticity; rustic beauty
to jump up and down; to hop
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
difficult to eat; unpalatable
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
big talk; boasting; bragging
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to be greedy; to devour greedily
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess