ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head
perfect; just right; ideal
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
straight-laced person; stubborn person
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to all come in (e.g. teeth); to all come out (e.g. seedlings, flowers)
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing
unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans
gifted education; special education for gifted children
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
unsettled; pending; unresolved
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
unexpected (joy, success, etc.); unanticipated; beyond what one hoped; beyond one's expectations
city planning; urban planning; town planning
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
moving about; stirring about
execution; punishment; spanking
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
decoration; ornament; trimmings
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)