scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
crying (of an infant) at night; baby colic
firm promise; definite promise
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
commitment; pledge; promise
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
information; making a report (to a superior)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
authority; power; influence
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to underrate; to make light of
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
noisy; confused; uproarious
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
but; however; provided that
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to go out and away; to leave
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
depression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plain
smallish; on the small side
site; point on a map; spot
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to be erected; to be built
bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
to be transparent; to leave a gap