immediately; right away; at once; instantly
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
subordinate work; assistant; servant
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
flour; meal; powder; dust
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
thin strips; matchstick-like strips; julienned ingredient
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to be superstitious; to believe in omens
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
indescribable; having no way to express
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)