unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
promising without due consideration
rear guard; second reserve
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
long handle; long-handled spear; long shaft
corps of musketeers; matchlock troops; firearms squad
depending on the situation; depending on circumstances
handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command
both (people); the two of them
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
in a little while; in a bit
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
breathing of a sleeping person
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned