fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
item; article; clause; section; point
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
Japan hand (someone very knowledgeable about Japan)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
red tag (esp. one attached to sold goods or discounted products); red label; swords (playing card suit in traditional Japanese gambling decks)
polite; courteous; hospitable
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
interior of the mouth; oral cavity
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
double; twice (as much); twofold
slimy; slippery; greasy; smoothly (of CGI movements, video streaming, etc.)
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade