highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
bungalow; one-story house
slope; slanting surface; bevel
climbing kiln; ascending kiln; connected (pottery) kilns built on a slope
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
lathe; potter's wheel; windlass; pulley
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
to fly around; to scatter
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
electrically powered; electric
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
story; tale; talk; discussion
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
strong impression conveyed by one's eyes; eyes that convey a strong sense of purpose