imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to watch over; to watch attentively
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
commercial (radio, TV, etc.); ad; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
X; x; unknown quantity; an unknown
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
snake; serpent; large snake
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
what time; (lit.) which hour
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
half-awake voice; sleepy voice; voice of when one has just woken up
lost article; something forgotten
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do