joke; playfulness; kidding around
sattva (being); bodhisattva
cross; crossed; cruciform
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
hokora; small wayside shrine
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
a step; short distance; short time
built-in; fixed; attached
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to blow through; to blow across
to sniff out; to get wind of
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
loud voice; high-pitched voice
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
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)
womanly; ladylike; feminine
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
sword play; samurai drama
speaking voice; talking voice
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)