garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
samurai; warrior; military family
traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to splash; to raise (e.g. prices)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
several times; once or twice
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to thrust away; to send flying
one day; (on) a certain day
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
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
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to attempt; to test; to try out
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?