to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
to cause laughter; to extract a smile
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
sardonic laugh; scornful smile
main object; principal object; true aim
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to be smeared; to be covered
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
broom (esp. one for sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year); plant used for constructing brooms (e.g. kochia); liquor; alcohol
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
pustule; scab; syphilis; pox
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to close (one's eyes); to shut
whitebait; immature sweetfish
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
incoherent; vague; silly; foolish
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
alliance and rupture; meeting and parting
existing manuscript; extant copy; manuscript handed down from the past