sponsor; manager; go-between; mediator; agent; caretaker
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
incident; affair; happening; event
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to pour water on; to irrigate
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to look around; to look towards (us)
log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole
cypress bark roof; hinoki bark thatching
front shrine; hall of worship
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
south face; south side; the south; ascending the throne; ruling
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
all; entire; whole; altogether
Pacific island flatsedge (Cyperus cyperoides)
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
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
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
careless; thoughtless; rash; rude; at fault
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
that's the way it is; such is life