to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
walking heavily; lumbering
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to be found; to be discovered
very likely; very probable
although I say; although one might say; although called
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
in that manner; like that
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
to be filled to bursting; to burst
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
description; describing; depicting
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky