(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
wafer cake filled with bean jam; (in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
musical instrument; music; accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
with these words; while saying
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
something; some kind of; for some reason
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
mass of rock; rock lump; block
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
heat of the day; hottest part of the day
last night; yesterday evening
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
excited condition; excited state
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to