rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
throughput; processing power
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
to be able to manage somehow or another
to shade an account; to add something extra
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to sweep clean; to brush clean
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
refined rice flour; rice flour for dumplings
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
to knead well; to polish; to refine
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention