ingenuity; resourcefulness
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
administrative official; secretary; commissioner
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
successively; one after another
to blaze; to burn brightly
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
being on duty; person on duty
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
hastily made; improvised preparation
to burrow through; to dig through
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
fail-safe; foolproof; totally safe
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically