sick person; patient; invalid
forced laugh; forced smile
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath
bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
storehouse; warehouse; godown
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
(navigable) canal; waterway
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
murder scene (in kabuki, etc.)
inner thigh; (walking) pigeon-toed; one's toes turned inward; uchimata (judo); throwing an opponent by putting one's leg between their legs
way one walks; one's walk
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)