very small; tiny; insignificant
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
to melt together; to blend together
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
to get along well together; to be close to each other
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
with a snap; with a crack
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
with a scraping sound; with a scratching sound; with a crunching sound (while eating)
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); dog salmon
self-righteousness; self-justified
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
grotesque; bizarre; weird; grotesque (style)
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
trauma inducing; traumatizing; extremely scary (of movies, etc.)
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
slowly; stolidly; heavily; lumpingly
to form a complete whole; to be joined together
trees with entwined branches; intimate male and female relationship
to continue without end; to go on to eternity
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake