good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
paper scoop used in goldfish scooping
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to become inverted; to become reversed
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
stairs; stairway; staircase
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
(right at the) side; just beside
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
to rock; to shake; to swing
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
regret; repentance; remorse
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind