failure; miss; slipup; blunder; bungle
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
schoolgirl; female student
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
pail (for water); bucket; cistern; water tank
semi-transparent; translucent
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
silence (not speaking); muteness
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention