silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
hardships of poverty; serious poverty
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
those (near the second person)
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
how many times; how often
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
gently and clearly shining (like the sun in springtime)
the ten directions (north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, up and down); all directions; everywhere
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
first line (of a poem); first bars (of a melody)
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
to say; to be called; to do
something; what; why; how
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
just a minute; small quantity
to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to pout (e.g. lips); to get nervous; to set one's nerves on edge; to raise (e.g. one's voice)
any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
stopping at; going no further than
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)
such; this sort of; like this
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies