here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
letter; missive; note; mail
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
every year; yearly; annually
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
being addicted to; being wholly absorbed by; falling ill; becoming sick
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
infection; contagion; becoming infected
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
place; situation; position; location
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
final; eventual; ultimate
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
(one) leaf; (one) petal; piece (of paper); flake (of snow)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
Sammy; Samy; Sami; Sammy (Japanese pachinko machine and game manufacturer)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person