ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
constant; persistent; indecisiveness; usual; normal
duty; obligation; responsibility
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
an inch ahead; the immediate future
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
men and women of all ages
swallowing in one gulp; downing; sipping; sip; thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit
intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia
this or that person; anybody; many people
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
annotation; explanatory note; comment
lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle