happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
occurrence; happening; incident; event
you've hit the nail on the head; that's just what I thought; that's exactly like I feel; that's exactly what I think, too
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
galloping around on a horse; running around; making every effort (to do); exerting oneself
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
mortal enemy; object of fierce hatred or intense aversion; (lit.) one's parent's killer
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to tumble down; to roll down
chopping board; cutting board; flat chest; tiny breasts
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
tingling (with pain or numbness); throbbing; stinging; buzzing; chirring; chirping (of insects)
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
nakiri knife; vegetable knife
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged
cooking; food preparation
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy