sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
as (for); for; in the capacity of
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
behind; in the rear; in back
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to have a talk; to tell a story
that; the matter in question
besides; in addition; also; moreover
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
even if not; even without
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
son of a bitch; piece of shit
selection; choice; option
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to fulfill one's responsibilities
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
treachery; betrayal; perfidy