fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to ask; to enquire; to query
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
well curb consisting of wooden beams crossed at the ends; pattern resembling the symbol #; parallel crosses; number sign; hash
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
to shake; to sway; to waver
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
to lose sight of; to miss
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
back street; back alley; slums
alley; alleyway; lane; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)