celebratory banquet; feast
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to mix; to blend; to combine
innocent; cherubic; childlike
agreement; coincidence; congeniality
throwing stones; slingshot; sling
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
actors; players; (lit.) riverbank beggars
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
competing; competition; auction
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
(bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
sickroom; hospital room; ward
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; bizarre; strange
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia