blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to cause to swell; to inflame
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
in a day; in a brief space of time
history of; experience of
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
grumbling; complaining; muttering; crumpling (e.g. paper)
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to lose heart; to lose motivation
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
high heels; high-heeled shoes
white cane (for the blind or visually impaired)
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
instead; but (on the other hand)
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
distinction; discrimination