bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
middle period; medium-term
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to jump up and down; to hop
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
loveable; very likeable; like very much
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
last ray of hope; only hope
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to thrust away; to send flying
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
tail (animal); tail end; tip
being filled with; being full of; permeation
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
how many years; how long; what year
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to walk; to move forward; to make progress