trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
writing; composition; essay; sentence
other; another; over; more than; I; me
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
something; some kind of; for some reason
discovery; detection; finding
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to keep a record; to keep a tally
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to indicate; to show; to point to
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
moment by moment; hour by hour
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
manners; behavior; behaviour
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
pin (esp. for mounting insects); setting pin
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy