to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
ten; 10; ten years of age
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
three; three years of age
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
that is to say; so that means
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus); Korean rose
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
snake; serpent; large snake
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
at least; at most; (even) just
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to be found; to be discovered
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot
daisy (Bellis perennis); English daisy
early spiketail (species of flowering plant, Stachyurus praecox)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to become better; to improve
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do