long kiseru (type of tobacco pipe)
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
it is not (like that) either
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
bamboo stem (of a Japanese pipe)
tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to solicit; to demand; to extort
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
society; public; community; social studies
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
risky; dangerous; insecure
one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
(please) look; see; (please) try to do