in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
feeling; sense; impression
together with; same; both; all; including ...
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
Castillon bamboo (cultivar of Japanese timber bamboo, Phyllostachys bambsoides)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
second-hand shop; curio shop
tool; implement; means; furniture
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
long talk; long-winded speech
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
going and returning; divorced woman
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
hedge; fence; border; limit