to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
about when; about what time; how soon
splish-splash; with a splash; click-click (of a camera shutter); with a click; with a snap
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
to get out of bed; to show a leg
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to apologize; to apologise
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
existence; possession; having; limited company
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to boost; to force up; to push up
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden silvergrass; zebra grass
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)