close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
faint; slight; vague; nebulous; indeterminate; tinge of ...
ordinary; common; mediocre
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to ascertain; to confirm; to verify; to make sure of
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
stretcher; litter (medical); gurney
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
half the body; half length
to bend (a piece of wood, etc.); to bow
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
whole house; whole audience
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
shouts used when viewing fireworks (from names of Edo-period fireworks vendors)