garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling game)
standing close together in a disorderly way (of buildings, etc.); standing side by side; standing (for election) in (excessively) large numbers; (too many candidates) competing with each other
time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant
to burrow through; to dig through
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
deep inside; innermost place
with a click (of a button or switch); with a snap; crisply; one (small protrusion, hole, etc.); single; shortly
to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
a little bit; a little while
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
along the river; riverside
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
flourishing (of plants); thriving; luxuriant growth; growing lushly; rankness (of weeds)
pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid); Okinawan rice gruel meal
to surge; to well up; to gush out
fresh; (liquid) non-dairy creamer; coffee whitener
line-up (of players, products, etc.); lineup
to long (for); to yearn (for); to love ardently; to do eagerly; to do with restless anticipation
something wrapped in cloth
to light (a fire); to kindle; to incite; to instigate; to stir up
descending a mountain; descent
strength training; resistance training