noun:

• cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced ➜ 金太郎・金太郎

adjectival noun:

• inflexibly uniform; all the same; stamped out like cookies

noun:

• weather; sky colour; sky color

noun:

• warm spring weather; spring warmth

noun:

• clear fall (weather); clear autumn

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - idiom ➜ 魚心あれば水心

expression:

• half a loaf is better than none; even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain [literal] - proverb

expression:

• if you do this; if this is the case

expression:

• as always; the same as it always is

noun:

• denied freedom (of how to live one's life); living like a caged bird [literal] - four character idiom

auxiliary verb:

• (those) who are; (that) which is; often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position; in the capacity of - after a noun, usu. as 〜たる者, etc. ➜ たり・たるや

noun:

• getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized

expression:

• (of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between - idiom

noun:

• seasonable rains and winds; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace - four character idiom

adverb:

• why?; what for?
• how?; by what means?

noun:

• how many people; a number of people

particle:

• even if; even though - also だって
• however; no matter how - also ったって

expression:

• how about ...?
• I wonder; I don't know

noun:

• cold-suffering bird; kankucho; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes - Buddhism term
• (lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori - idiom - derogatory term - Buddhism term

expression:

• how; in what way; by what means ➜ 如何して【どうして】

expression:

• since when; from when; how long

suffix / conjunction:

• as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course
• though possible as it may be

noun:

• place where there is a god or spirit; place containing the sacred object of a shrine

expression:

• Sad to say; How sad; Alas

expression:

• if even the most crooked person is surrounded by good people, he will straighten up as does mugwort growing in a hemp field

expression / auxiliary verb:

• auxiliary verb indicating the speaker's personal recollection or something they've heard (e.g. "was", "wasn't it?", "is said to have ...", etc.) - archaism