to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
sake sold in a cup rather than a bottle; drinking sake from a regular-size cup rather than from a small sake cup
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
full dentures (e.g. no real teeth left)
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
questions and answers; dialogue
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to send for (doctor, etc.)
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
forcibly; against one's will
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
precious stone (esp. jade); egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
in proportion to; just as much as
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to be embarrassed; to lose face
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique