to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
while; during (the time when)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
such; this sort of; like this
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh; suddenly blushing; in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to fall on one's backside
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
never mind!; don't worry about it
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net