entrance to a daimyo's mansion; glans (of the penis)
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to jump upon (a moving object)
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
surely; certainly; without doubt
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
disgrace; humiliation; insult
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
with a momentary flash of light
to lie down; to throw oneself down
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
inner thigh; (walking) pigeon-toed; one's toes turned inward; uchimata (judo); throwing an opponent by putting one's leg between their legs
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
longed-for; anxiously awaited
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of