counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
rice (esp. when served on a plate)
small (of a grain or berry, etc.); small (in stature); limited (in abilities)
dried-out; dry (e.g. hair); stale (bread)
(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
let's do it; I (we) are going to do it
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
wind power; force (level on the Beaufort wind speed scale)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
postwar period; period after Second World War
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
stranger; tramp; wanderer
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
world's first; first in the world
time around sunset; early evening
guardian; protector; patron; parent
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
maple (Acer spp.); maple tree