sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
how; in what way; how about; questionable
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
journey; route of a journey
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
item; something that one "just has to have"
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt