to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
attendant; valet; servant; follower
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
makimono; handscroll; roll of cloth (for making a kimono); scarf; stole; makizushi
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
just because; even if; even though
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card; short
public caning (60-100 strokes; second least severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard