to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)
child's tear-stained face
to jar; to creak; to grate
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining; neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
involving only the parties concerned; tete-a-tete
six to four ratio; sixty-forty
unfortunately; regrettably
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
shades of evening; dead of night
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
moisture; humidity; dampness
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area
heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself