unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
neighbourhood; neighborhood
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
present (brought by a visitor); gift
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
technique; art; skill; move
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
exquisite skill; wonderful performance
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to renew; to replace; to change for; to attach anew
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious