great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
to watch over; to watch attentively
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
to feel; to sense; to experience
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
sanity; consciousness; soberness
this and that; one thing or another
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
(something) stopper (e.g. geridome is medicine for diarrhea)
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
on the way back; when about to go back
elderly handyman; elderly manservant
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
haunted mansion; haunted house; enchanted house
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
modern style; contemporary style; current fashion; verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
to call in; to invite; to bring in
to talk; to chat; to chatter
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
to season (e.g. with salt); to flavour; to flavor; to lace (e.g. with whisky)
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
the lion's share; the cream
lingering raindrops; remaining portion of a drink; favors; favours
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
(excessive) flattery; smarminess; fawning
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
(under the) pretense (of); (under the) guise (of)