Alternative spelling of 竹蜻蛉: a bamboo-copter, a helicopter toy

play, amuse oneself, enjoy oneself / spend one's time idle, do nothing / for an item not to be in use, be spare or idle

to make [something] / to cook / to write a literary work / to grow, to raise / to cultivate ability, to train / to draw up, form, establish / to make an acquaintance

作る: make - make a small thing, grow vegetables / 創る: create - originate, bring into existence / 造る: build, construct - build a house, or a building

child

such a time / time of year, season

at that time; in those days

about / around / approximately / at the time

recently / soon / nowadays, these days, at present

well done; good job