to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
mat of woven wild rice leaves
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
curtain separating a central room from the aisles around it (in palatial-style architecture)
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
gargling; rinsing one's mouth
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to talk; to carry meaning
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
one house; the same house; detached house
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
elderly woman; noh mask of an old woman
wet nurse; nursing mother
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
memory; sense; experience
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise