reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
covering used to wrap a baby
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
pulmonary lobe; lobe of the lung
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
dragon god; dragon king; naga
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
God; god; ace; king; superior person
garden lantern; hanging lantern
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer