shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to feel; to sense; to experience
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to begin; to set about; to start
speech; utterance; starting to speak; word used to start a sentence
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
notables; dignitaries; illustrious families; clear; plain; obvious
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
muscles and bones; body build; physique; cartilage
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
with a bump; with a clunk
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
end of life; death; annihilation
wet nurse; nursing mother
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest