otherwise; if not; or else
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
to drug (someone, food, drink)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to be entwined; to be involved
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
moderate; proper; just right
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to take away; to carry off
to push aside; to brush aside
to encamp; to take up positions
first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
looking depressed; long face
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to look around; to look towards (us)
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
undisputed; entirely; perfect
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
var. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw; pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant