resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
aquatic insect larva (esp. of caddisflies, mayflies, etc.)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
either way; in any case; one way or another
having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
how long; how far; how much
to be too late; to be too slow
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
pull; patronage; tug; discount
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
speckles; spotted pattern
sound of the expulsion of soft matter mixed with water; diarrhea, etc. sounds; watery
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
to pull in (fish); to land
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck
scriptwriter; screenwriter
to shake one's head (in denial)
kefir (fermented milk drink)