3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
research; study; investigation
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
(Japanese-style) living room
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
guide; tour guide; guidebook; guide (on a fishing rod); guide ring
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
spot; point; place; position
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific