to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
thunderstorm; thundershower
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
to fall through; to come to nothing; to be ruined
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to be able to manage somehow or other
clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom
to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
return journey; one's way home; one's way back
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to rebuke; to scold harshly
town girl; girl raised in a town
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid; delinquency; misconduct
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
suspicious; doubtful; dubious; questionable; fishy
closure of a mine; abandoned mine; disused mine
closure of a mine; abandoned mine; disused mine
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer