rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
restlessly; in continuous motion
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; dull; roundabout
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big