cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
with a start; in a fright; alarmedly
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
to laugh scornfully; to sneer at
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
way (of doing); manner; method; means
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
calm; composed; cool; quiet
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree