choo-choo; chug-chug; chuff-chuff; brush-brush; scrub-scrub
abrasion; scrape; graze; paratripsis
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
Western-inspired art (Edo period); oil painting
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
person born in Hawaii; resident of Hawaii
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
to spring up; to leap to one's feet; to jump up and down
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
occasion; time; section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; clause; season; term
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward