competing; competition; auction
pleasure; delight; enjoyment
birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; (arch.) first; (arch.) foremost; (arch.) doing as one pleases; (arch.) acting selfishly
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
rather; better; instead; if anything
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
such; like that; that sort of; very
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
mistress; kept woman; concubine
switching over to; migration; transition
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
laziness; indolence; misfeasance; nonfeasance; kausidya
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father