idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
slowly and quietly; smoothly
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
wind; gas; fart; something worthless; something not worth considering
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to jump in; to dive in; to fly in; to rush in; to dash in
number two; mistress; concubine
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
distant (behavior, etc.); reserved
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
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
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
realistic; graphic; true to life
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
to assemble; to set up; to construct
being produced in a particular region; local specialty
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
editor (in publishing, etc.)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual