probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
Virgin Mary; Jesus' mother; Santa Maria (Columbus' ship)
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
scene; view; prospect; outlook
western mountains; mountains to the west; Nishiyama (western area of Kyoto)
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
to subsist; to keep on living
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
with a snap; with a crack
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
consequently; as a result
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
picking up; gathering; type-picking; walking
without trouble; easily; readily
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)
day on which the temperature rises above 30°C
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
I told you so; you see that?
drifting; drift; being adrift
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
animal rights; animal welfare; animal protection
owning multiple animals (esp. pets of the same kind)
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
introduction (from abroad); transmission (through successive generations); being handed down (from generation to generation); being passed down
marmot; woodchuck; groundhog