light rain; rain falling at a time of sadness; condoling rain
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
shading; (colour) gradation; kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
to tie up; to bind; to tuck up (clothes, etc.)
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
pomegranate (Punica granatum)
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
taking something into consideration; making allowances; discounting
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
countermeasure; counter-measure
to understand; to make out
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
waiting to see one's opponent's move; playing a waiting game
rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
hollow; sharply; cleanly (of cutting); smoothly
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled