knowing; (an) acquaintance
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis); crooked neck; gooseneck
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
quiet; still; surreptitious
quickly; swishing; whooshing
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
heartstrings; koto string
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
elm tree (esp. the Japanese elm, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
every person; each one; everybody
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to kill; to choke the life out of
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
oversight; omission; mistake
in person; personally; directly
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)