roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
several times; several degrees
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
convenient; handy; useful
same family (race, tribe)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
return of something; repayment
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
(right at the) side; just beside
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd