constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
to dye; to colour; to color
dye; dyestuff; coloring agent
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
very interesting; of great interest
a lick; one lick; engulfing (e.g. of fire); enveloping; consuming
extensive knowledge; erudition; learned; erudite; well-informed
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
eagle (Accipitridae family)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
studying very hard; studying like mad
story; tale; talk; discussion
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story