growth period; growing season
short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
about this time; about now
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
whispering into a person's ear
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to open (one's eyes) wide
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; modding
people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them; spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer; (lit.) when mixing with vermillion, one becomes red
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
to grow taller (of people)
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
to do together; to share; to participate in
up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
dharmalaksana (dharma characteristics, the specific characteristics of all manifest phenomena); Hosso sect of Buddhism
maintenance; preservation; improvement
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other