older sister; elder sister
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to frolic; to revel; to make merry
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
older sister; elder sister
great trouble; difficulty
passion; temper; irritability
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
woman well past her prime; matron well-advanced in age
small saucepan; small pot
one's own faction (of a party)
bamboo stem (of a Japanese pipe)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
particularly; only; in the case of
origin; fundamental element
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
hot-tempered; quick to take offense; quick to take offence; irascible; touchy
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
coincident with; while; simultaneously
giving rise to the desire to save all sentient beings; praying; prayer