to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
3000; three thousand; many
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
quick work; (clever) feat
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
property; assets; fortune
tea chest; box for tea utensils (tea ceremony)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
playing cards; mahjong tiles made of animal bone
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to write down; to record; to register
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
round, wooden container for cooked rice
opening of the whole (railway line)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness