to stare in wonder; to be amazed
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
moneylending; moneylender
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to rock; to shake; to swing
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
had better ...; had better not ...
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to approach; to draw near
both hands; both arms; ten
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to choke; to have trouble breathing
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
how; in what way; by what means
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase