malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
stepwise; one step at a time
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
father; dad; husband; you; he
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
lethal weapon; deadly device
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
at first; in the beginning; originally
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
lately; recently; nowadays
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
fish having white flesh (e.g. tai, hirame, karei)
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to be responsive; to show immediate results
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
curtain; bunting; act (in play)