to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to cling to; to hold on to; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of; to possess
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
haori (Japanese formal coat)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
when it becomes; when it comes to
to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to round down (e.g. fraction)
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby