mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour
land near a castle; castle town
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
interval; break; pause; spare moment
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
tenth day of the month; ten days
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to take; to catch; to capture
water's edge; beach; foreshore
relatively; comparatively
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
bathing (swimming) in cold water
and then; in addition to that; also; even so