to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)
minimum; at the very least
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to distract a person's attention
to finger; to tamper (with)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
head; lead; vanguard; first
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to pour water on; to irrigate
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
if you do this; if this is the case
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
sizzle (sound of meat cooking); shrill droning of a cicada
directly; in person; firsthand
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
to be in order; to be organized; to be systematized
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
to fly around; to scatter
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)