irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
not understanding; not knowing
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
trivial; not amounting to much
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills
in the same manner as before; the same as always
seat (of chair, bench, etc.); seat base
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
(aircraft) hangar; (coat) hanger; hunger
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
emphatic sentence-ending particle
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
cannot be compared with; no match for
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse