to continue to do; to persist in doing
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
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
school inter-class ball-game competition
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
cram school; private tutoring school
obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
divining sticks; counting; calculation
such a thing; something like that
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
multiplication table; times table
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
piece; fragment; one (object)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
boy; son; baby boy; young man
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality