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
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
serious; severe; grave; acute
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
upper end; top; tip; top edge
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
to flare up; to burst into flames
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)