rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
(raining) heavily; (water rushing) plentily; with white noise; with a buzz
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to be kind to; to treat kindly
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
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)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
number one; first; best; most; game; round
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
in search of; in order to look for