reproachful; resentful; spiteful
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
suitor (e.g. for a woman); wooer
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
to find out; to discover; to detect
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
tag (children's game); tig
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
opposite side; opposition
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to command a view; to look out over (onto, across, etc.); to overlook
shore; bank (of a body of water)
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
depression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plain
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
sublime; noble; high-minded
idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
human relations; personal relationships
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
as is usual with; in common with
succession to headship of a family
(present) head of a family
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright