fluent (in a language); flowing
Japanese person; Japanese people
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
inscrutable; incomprehensible
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
to forget completely; to leave behind
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
rational; reasonable; logical
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
reality; actuality; hard fact
thousands; several thousand
that's true; of course; obviously
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
matter to be checked or investigated
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly