skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to be given up; to be discontinued
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
senior proprietress (hostess) of a Japanese inn or restaurant
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
adopted daughter; foster daughter
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
one's principal residence; main home
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage