Momotarou (legendary Japanese folk-tale hero)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
joint together; opposite; facing
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
that is to say; so that means
form; shape; figure; visage
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
reason; cause; history; origin
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
morning; forenoon; just before noon
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
prospects of victory; chances of success
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
surely; upon my word; by Jove; (with neg) by no means; never
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
how can (one) do something
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.