sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to turn back; to go back; to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
(arch.) fast-moving rowboat; type of fast military ship
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
in all conscience; in honour; in duty bound
character of a place; situation; location; occasion
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
district; section; sector
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
fourth rank; fourth class; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; Denmark
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
feigned ignorance; pretending not to recognize (somebody); unconcerned air; indifference
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
don't you think?; indicates question
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)