to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
(referring to a person) receiver; receiving side; viewer; listener
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
calm; composed; leisurely
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
considerably; greatly; a lot
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to be surprised; to be astonished
don't worry about it; never mind; that's OK
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to speak; to hear a voice
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous