to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
within; inside of; less than
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
February; second month of the lunar calendar
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
how; in what way; by what means
to collect; to assemble; to gather
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
in one's own way or style
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
light; easy; non-serious; minor
head; lead; vanguard; first
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn