colored pencil; coloured pencil
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady); ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis); bugle
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to feel; to sense; to experience
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
simply; merely; only; solely
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
fukuwarai; New Year's game in which blindfolded players place cutouts of facial features onto the outline of a face
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
of course; certainly; naturally
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
whichever one chooses; either way