to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to put one's hand on; to touch
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
sunlight; rays of the Sun
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
small; fine; detailed; stingy
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
it is not (like that) either
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to lose sight of; to miss
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to push aside; to push one's way through
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to collapse into; to flop onto
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to shout (in anger); to yell
to raise one's voice; to shout