selection; choice; option
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; (lit.) to indicate by pointing one's chin; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
manner of using one's hands
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
animal passions; carnal desire; lust
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
simple; easy; convenient; handy
tool; implement; means; furniture
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
plainly; clearly; vividly
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to differ; to vary; to disagree
numbskull; dimwit; idiot; fool; dope
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to talk; to chat; to chatter
two persons; two people; pair; couple
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff