chair; stool; post; office; position
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
entrance to a daimyo's mansion; glans (of the penis)
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
drop (e.g. of water); drip
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
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
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
panting; gasping; heavy breathing
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
one more time; once more; once again
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to bite; to sink one's teeth into; to nip
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on