sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
in spite of; regardless of
to get between; to be caught in
as time goes by; as time went by; with the passage of time; over time
to dry up completely; to become stale
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
price; cost; value; worth; value
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
ukiyoe of beautiful women; bijin-ga
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
genuine article; real thing; real deal
if it is the case that ...
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
paints; painting material
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building