unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to drug (someone, food, drink)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
one leaf; one page; one sheet; (arch.) one boat
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
just because; even if; even though
to mow; to reap; to harvest
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
firm and solid; stout and durable
major earthquake; large earthquake
big fire (buildings, etc. on fire)
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
nishiki-e; multi-colour woodblock print
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
traditional Japanese handball game
beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball
ichimatsu doll; traditional Japanese doll with a torso made of hardened sawdust
ohajiki; traditional Japanese children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces made of coloured glass or plastic
metallic sound; metallic clank
play equipment; playground equipment
tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
whereabout; about where; how much
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
because; for; the reason why is ...