perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
great hurry; great haste; rush
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
to take off one's glasses
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
group; party; team; squad; section
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
good (place to leave off); convenient