or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
briskly; quickly; promptly
manner of using one's hands
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
such; this sort of; like this
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
training; drill; practice; discipline
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
master; teacher; stable master
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
to be reflected in a mirror
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to squeeze out; to wring out
to take off one's clothes; to undress
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
excess flesh; surplus fat; flab
contours of one's body; figure
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)