wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
being startled; getting a shock
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to look around; to take a view of
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
retort; back talk; backchat
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
displeasure; ill humour; ill humor; pique
incident; affair; happening; event
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
outward appearance; apparent