sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to happen to have on hand or in stock
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to shake; to sway; to waver
scenery; scene; landscape
each house; every house; many houses
to rain incessantly; to downpour
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
recitation; reciting from memory
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself