to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
snake; serpent; large snake
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
experienced; already had an experience (with something)
the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)
banging around (e.g. in a fight)
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
close; intimate; on good terms
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to put one's hand on; to touch
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
(electric) torch; flashlight
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just