prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
grasp; catch; understanding
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to temper thoroughly; to train well
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
to differ depending on ...
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
coarse (texture or grain)
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic