to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
notebook; account book; register
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
so; like this; in this way
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
straggling hair; hair too short to be tied or arranged with the rest of the hair (typically around the sideburns); lovelock
word (opinion, objection)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
looking aside; (from the) eyes of an onlooker
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
utterly lacking (in ability); hopeless; useless; poor
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
carriage; movement (of the body)
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times