mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
it seems so; that's what it looks like
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
Earth Horse (55th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
stepping back; drawing back