discrimination; discernment; identification
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; spiral (shape, pattern)
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
the opposite sex; isomerism
information; experience; knowledge; observation
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to be plump; to be chubby
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to accompany; to go with; to go together
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to care for someone; to look after someone
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
preparation; arrangements
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
nightcap; a drink before sleeping
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)