infancy; childhood; tender age
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
of course; certainly; naturally
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
close to the wall; alongside the wall
scene; spectacle; sight; view
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
older sister; elder sister
main cause; primary factor
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
mosaic; pixelated obscuring in images and video, usu. for censorship
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to throw at; to turn; to raise
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to turn towards; to point
one edge; one end; one side