smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
physical condition; state of health
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
than; from; out of; except; but; more
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
close to the wall; alongside the wall
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to relax; to feel at home
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes