shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
having no effect; waste of effort
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to this extent; to this degree; this much
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
premature joy; short-lived elation
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
instability; insecurity; crankiness
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic