nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
along the river; riverside
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
sake for moon viewing parties
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
spring water; clear (pure) water
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
mat; canvas (boxing, wrestling)
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
to be greedy; to devour greedily
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out