to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
transferring; transitioning; changing; gift placed inside a container when returning it
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
to have a talk; to tell a story
repeatedly; several times; many times
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
anything and everything; just about everything
recitation; reciting from memory
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
don't you think?; indicates question
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
that sort of; that kind of; that (over there); like that; in that way; so
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
shower of dharma; Buddhism flowing forth
to rally; to make a comeback
high-pitched tone; soprano
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
tension; resilience (e.g. of hair); springiness; will power; spirit
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)