removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
mixture of wheat and chaff; mixture of the good and bad; jumble of wheat and tares
being good at conversation; conversationalist; good talker
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
catch (fishing); amount of fish caught; caught fish
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
waste of time; killing time
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
meat shop; butcher's shop
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
this and that; various things
unpredictability; element of surprise
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)