to spend time (on doing something)
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
not having enough workers; being understaffed; having nothing one can do about something; having no options; no reason not to ...; can't afford not to
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
ability; capability; skill
genius; prodigy; natural gift
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
not caring; not giving a damn
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood; to turn red
strange incident; unusual occurrence; rare event; grave (and unexpected) incident; serious event; accident
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
clearing one's throat; cough
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
out of bounds; beyond the pale
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
companion; follower; attendant; retinue