first-rate; finest quality; the best
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to be itching to put one's skills to use
someone doomed to their fate; (lit.) fish on the chopping board
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
the opposite sex; isomerism
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
more than friends, less than lovers
although I say; although one might say; although called
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to express (in words); to confess
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
in succession; one after another
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
judgment; judgement; discernment
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy