seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
illustration (e.g. book); picture
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
accumulation; accumulate; store
very young; little; childish; immature
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
to pile up; to accumulate
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
dozens; scores of; decades
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
lute priest; biwa-playing minstrel; travelling pre-Meiji musical performer (usu. blind and dressed like a Buddhist monk)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
genius; prodigy; natural gift
in comparison to; rather than
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore