timewasting; killing time
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
interruption; suspension; break
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
even without doing; even without being
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
survival; survivor; relic
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
I see; that's right; indeed
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
leader of a charge; first to arrive