to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
amount of light; quantity of light
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
(top) half naked; naked above the waist
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to look away; to avert one's eyes
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
don't you think?; indicates question
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange