to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
preservation; retainment; keeping
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
moderate; proper; just right
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
oops!; I did it again; now I've done it; I've messed up
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
business use; business purposes
function; facility; faculty; feature
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
being filled with; being full of; permeation
cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
snake; serpent; large snake
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer