My words

炬燵

こたつ コタツ

kotatsu; table over an electric heater with a hanging quilt that retains heat

数える

かぞえる

to count; count; to enumerate; enumerate

鳴らす

ならす

to ring; ring; to sound; sound; to chime; chime; to beat; beat; to snort; snort; to be popular; popular; to be esteemed; esteemed; to be reputed; reputed; to state; state; to insist; insist; to complain; complain; to fart; fart

読み聞かせ

storytelling

菫

すみれ スミレ

violet

便り

たより

news, tidings, information, correspondence, letter

驚き

おどろき

surprise; astonishment; wonder

煽り

あおり

gust; influence; instigating; tailgating; low angle

相槌

あいづち あいずち

back-channeling; sounds given during a conversation to indicate comprehension

苦しむ

くるしむ

to suffer; suffer; to groan; groan; to be worried; worried

正に

まさに

exactly; surely; certainly; just; on the verge; duly; naturally

泉

いずみ

spring; fountain

握り

にぎり

grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch; handful; fistful; handle; grip; knob; rice ball; nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood; etc

新生児

しんせいじ

newborn baby

峰

みね

peak; summit; ridge; top; back of a blade

お任せ

おまかせ

leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef)

妊婦

にんぷ

pregnant woman

健やか

すこやか

vigorous; healthy; sound

産後

さんご

postpartum; after childbirth

に因って

によって

according to; by; due to; because of

に取って

にとって

to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding

入居

にゅうきょ

moving into

北部

ほくぶ

northern part, the north (of a region)

失う

うしなう

to lose; lose; to part with; part with

節句

せっく

seasonal festival

折

おり

opportunity, chance, occasion, time, fold, pleat, crease, small food box (wooden or cardboard)

発送

はっそう

sending, forwarding, shipping

付き合い

つきあい

association, socializing, socialising, fellowship

寝坊

ねぼう

sleeping in late, oversleeping, late riser, sleepyhead

回復

かいふく

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; return; replevin; improvement; recovery; recuperation; convalescence