first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
feigning ignorance; feigning naivety; pretense of innocence; person (esp. a woman) pretending to be innocent, ignorant or naive; faux-naïf
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)
hunting gun (usu. shotgun or rifle)
hunting license; hunting licence
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
anger; passion; rage; temper
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
all one has; all one's possessions
uninhabited island; desert island
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
rival; competitor; competition
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
derivative work (usu. unauthorized and produced by fans, e.g. dōjinshi, fanfiction)
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
something; some kind of; for some reason
cake or snack served with tea
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
hi!; yo!; hey man!; yessir!; understood!
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
to employ; to hire (a servant)
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance
sleeping late in the morning
being bad at communication; being unsociable
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
about when; about what time; how soon
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
coarse, low-grade tea; tea (often used when offering someone a cup)
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray