fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
thin, white ceremonial haori worn by miko
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
(some) more; even more; longer; further
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
(arch.) pit; (arch.) hole; kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)
dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: swamp, west)
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
(endlessly) doting (on someone); (constantly) petting (somebody) as if they were a pet
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
first cry of a newborn baby
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about