untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
bed and food; eating and sleeping
to take; to catch; to capture
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
tank for holding excreta (often used for fertilizer) (fertiliser); night soil vat or reservoir; cesspool
reconciliation; make peace with
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
deep affection; dear; beloved
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
minimum; at the very least
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to be kind to; to treat kindly
messenger; envoy; emissary
temporary truce; ceasefire
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
absorption; suction; attraction
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
profiting while others fight
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
general idea; concept; notion
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
to bury; to embed; to implant
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
level; standard; water level
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture