pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
seller; selling side; method of selling; art of selling
that's the way it is; such is life
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
affectation; showiness; pretence
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
in the following manner; as follows
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
snake; serpent; large snake
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding; to win someone over (with food); to butter up
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
such; this sort of; like this
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked