tuning (e.g. a radio, a television); channel selection
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
to sob; to be choked with tears
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
eating; bite (in fishing)
taste; palate; sense of taste
close fitting trousers; working trousers; long johns; long underpants
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
downhill road; descending road
shop; small store; business; firm
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to wash again; to reconsider
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
source of all kinds of diseases
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
end of work day; end of school term; end of school year
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
everyday life; daily life
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
for (some) doubtful points to remain
trackless; reckless; dissipated
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy