finish; completion; the end
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to be prolonged; to drag on
suppuration; festering; coming to head
shellfish; seashell; shell
less than ...; smaller ...
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
perspiration given off during sleep; sweating while sleeping; night sweats
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to roll up or pull up (sleeves, skirt, etc.)
something worth mentioning; something to count on; something problematic
to rebuke; to scold harshly
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
being too late; losing one's final chance
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
scale; scope; plan; structure