to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
slow; sluggish; bushy (hair); thick; unfashionable; lacking style
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
scoundrel; rascal; villain
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to be smeared; to be covered
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
(another's) daughter; young lady (esp. of respectable upbringing)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
carrying a person in one's arms; princess carry; bridal carry
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
very; extremely; excessively
and; thereupon; because of that
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign