to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
(someone else's) daughter
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique
delicate technique (in sumo, judo, etc.); little trick; subtle maneuver
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
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
performing without rehearsal
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
mixture of ice and water (for keeping fish fresh)
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
nothing but; none other than
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
parent and child meeting (with teacher for course, career guidance, etc.)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to give; to do (something) for
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
to bury; to embed; to implant
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
a little bit; a little while