magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
twice; again; second time
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
good feeling; feeling good
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
both; both sides; both parties
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
decision; determination; resolution
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
tendency; trend; inclination
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)