slapping hands in front of the opponent's face to confuse him
balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
story; tale; talk; discussion
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
throw; throwing; resigning (a game of shogi, go, etc.); giving up; selling at a loss; sell-off
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
construction; building (e.g. a house); communal construction labor (in Zen Buddhism); building with the help of many people (e.g. a temple or shrine)
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
invisible writing revealed by applying heat; writing done in invisible ink
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
sanction; approval; decision
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
written seal; stylized signature
pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to be silent; to say nothing