to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
Miyazaki (city, prefecture)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
now; the present time; just now; another; more
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
surprise victory; upset; coup
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination