clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to sit down; to take a seat
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to become accustomed to people
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
(idle) ease; idleness; leisureliness
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
cat-and-mouse (race); lead changing hands many times
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)
cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental caries
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
person always at one's side
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
in that manner; like that
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap