to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to become pale; to turn pale
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to fall on one's backside
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
police; police officer; police station
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
kowtowing; bowing repeatedly; (lit.) three kneelings and nine prostrations
railroad; railway; rail transport
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
Takarai Kikaku (1661-1707)
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
shredded tobacco; pipe tobacco
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
charring; something charred; traditional medicine made from charred ingredients
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to look forward to something
starfish; sea star; asteroid; northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away