to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
voluntary; optional; free; elective
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
to attempt; to test; to try out
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
so miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
casting; cast-metal object
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
un-; non-; bad ...; poor ...
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite