to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
considerably; fairly; quite
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
bad influence; negative influence
revengeful ghost; apparition
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
otherwise; or else; if not
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
both; both sides; both parties
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
new school (of thought, etc.); new drama
that's the way it is; such is life
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity
I see; that's right; indeed
here and there; in places
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
psychoneuro; psychoneurotic
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
match (to light fire with)
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)