interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
story; tale; talk; discussion
humming a tune (while doing something else)
to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture
water's edge; beach; foreshore
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
janitor; caretaker; custodian
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait
simple; simplified; easy; plain
throwing down multiple objects in succession; at once in great numbers
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
disposable camera; single-use camera
bent back; prone posture; weak-kneed; timidity; lack of nerve
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
top of the head; crown of the head
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
to put into effect; to put into practice
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
leaving a matter to chance
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
thereupon; shortly thereafter
powdered medicine; powder