to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
solitude; loneliness; isolation
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
tasteless and odorless; bland
nonpoisonous; nontoxic; harmless
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
though; notwithstanding; although
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
foreign matter; impurities
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest