smallish; on the small side
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
four (long cylindrical things)
five (long cylindrical things)
tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
sinus; cavity; antrum; neighborhood (administrative division in North Korea)
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
(an) exile; vagrant; wanderer; nomad
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
one's common name; one's popular name; alias; house name
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
identification papers; ID
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
having no idea; having no clue
treasure house; storage for valuable property
angel's raiment; robe of feathers; wings of birds or insects; plumage of birds; type of bug
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
suddenly; abruptly; impulsively
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to be filled to bursting; to burst
one by one; one each; one at a time
with the skin on; skin and all (fruit, potato, etc.)
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with