platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to smash; to break into pieces
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
angrily; in a huff; in anger; high on marijuana
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
reason; logic; method; system; order
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to get angry; to lose one's temper
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
nightlife districts; drinking districts
to get late; to advance; to wear on
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
(not even) a bit of; (not even) a hint of; (not) an iota of
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
the Japanese syllabary symbols
to encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
the very start; the very beginning
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)
coating; painting; painter
generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less