near; nearby; not far off
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
warbler being in a valley; valley in which warblers live; remaining obscure and unsuccessful
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
how others look at you; what others think about you
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
fourth day of the month; four days
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
third day of the month; three days
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
division into equal parts; equal parts
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
garden eel; conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
in order; in turn; one by one
to blame; to find fault with
a little bit; a little while