wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
thought; consideration; thinking
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
gunfighter (esp. in the American Old West); gunslinger; gunman
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
former (e.g. name); previous; changed; examination; inspection; investigation
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to act lovestruck; to be fawning; to act affectionate
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
doing whatever one pleases