(wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; (lit.) a hand reaches out from one's throat
other than; excluding; without
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
snap (of the wrist; in baseball, golf, etc.); snapshot; snap fastener; press stud; snap (movement, action)
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
arrangement; pact; agreement
reloading (a web page); reloading (a gun, etc.)
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
needing care (of a person); needing to be looked after; troublesome; annoying; difficult
to flub (one's lines); to be flustered; to be confused; to bungle; to mess up
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
to be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma; to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck
deleterious substance; toxic substance
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
with a slip; with a slide
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
physical evidence; real evidence; material evidence
pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline
criticism; critique; review; commentary
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
even and odd numbers (on dice); chō-han; gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
roundup (criminals, animals, etc.); manhunt; crackdown; swoop; raid
to carry around; to carry on one's person
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)