shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to think of; to come up with
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to rush over; to run up to
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
just one person; only one
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to affect adversely; to have a negative influence (on)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to arrive home; to return
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed