My words

無罪

むざい

innocence

偏る

かたよる

to be onesided to incline to be partial to be prejudiced to lean to be biased to be biassed

堪ったものではない

たまったものではない

intolerable unbearable unendurable tremendous out of this world irresistible cannot help (doing) cannot but do anxious to do

なおさら

さらに、もっと

引き受ける

ひきうける

to be responsible for to take over, to take up to guarantee, to undertake to contract (a disease)

根差す

ねざす

to be rooted in

率先

そっせん

taking the initiative

迎える

むかえる

to go out to meet to receive, to welcome, to greet, to salute, to hail, to reach, to approach, to enter (a phase, era, etc.) to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family) to call for, to summon, to invite to approach (a certain time, a point in ones life, etc.)

神社

じんじゃ

Shinto shrine

中心

ちゅうしん

center, centre, middle, heart, core, focus, pivot, emphasis, balance -centered, -centred, -focussed, -oriented, centered on, focussed on centre

枝

えだ

branch, bow, bough, twig, limb

ならでは

distinctive of, characteristic of, uniquely applying to, special to but, except, without, but for

結びつく

むすびつく

to be related, to be connected, to be joined together to result in, to lead to, to bring about

度々

たびたび

often again and again over and over again repeatedly frequently

抜かり

ぬかり

blunder, miss, slip, oversight

一通り

ひととおり

(in) general, broad (e.g. knowledge), the basics ordinary, usual, common briefly, roughly one method

宜しく

よろしく

well, properly, suitably best regards, please remember me, please treat me favorably (favourably), please take care of just like ..., as though one were ... by all means, of course

淡々

たんたん

uninterested, unconcerned, indifferent, dispassionate, matter-of-fact, detached plain, light, simple, bland flowing gently

滑らか

なめらか すべらか

smooth (e.g. skin or ground), glassy, velvety fluent, smooth (speaking), without a hitch

スイスイ

すいすい

(swim, work) smoothly, unhindered

とか何とか

とかなんとか

(と)言う

口を濁し

くちをにごし

言い訳、言いたくない

やり過ごす

やりすごす

to let something (or somebody) go past to do too much

人並み

ひとなみ

being average (capacity, looks, standard of living), ordinary

初詣で

はつもうで

first shrine visit of New Year

一喜一憂

いっきいちゆう

now rejoicing, now worrying, swinging from joy to sorrow, glad and sad by turns, alternating hope and fear, unable to put ones mind at ease

気休め

きやすめ

mere consolation, temporary peace of mind

(結婚式)を挙げる

けっこんしくをあげる

to hold a wedding

お宮参り

おみやまいり

shrine visit

事が運ぶ

Koto ga hakobu

Things will move forward, move forward, go on, 進む