body and soul; mind and body
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh
to subsist; to keep on living
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to be intimate with; to befriend
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to pick up; to find; to gather
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
one thin flat object; one sheet
postcard; memo; note; card
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
many; much; plenty; hardly
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
match (to light fire with)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short