thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
crying (of an infant) at night; baby colic
single word; a few words; brief comment
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
essence; true nature; substance; reality
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
(your) judgment; discernment
southern sky; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
other than; excluding; without
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
parting (of people); separation; farewell; breakup
on board a ship; aboard a ship
constriction; narrow part (in middle); waist (esp. of a woman)
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)