qipao; cheongsam; mandarin dress
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to rush over; to run up to
to fall on one's backside
whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
finding employment; getting a job
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to rock; to shake; to swing
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
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)
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry