contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
troubled face; worried expression
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
flagstaff decorated with ivory carried by the emperor or a general
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
automatic; intransitive verb
without leaving any trace
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to eat too much; to overeat
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to gaze out at; to look out over
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
there being no use in arguing (about it)
wicked tongue; abusive language
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk