(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to paint (draw) a picture
to get accustomed to using
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
clockwise rotation; CW; right-handed rotation
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
fall; drop; descent; coming down
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to throw into; to toss into
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
pistol; handgun; revolver
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
very young; little; childish; immature
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman