smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
padded, sleeveless undergarment; vest
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
Ave Maria (prayer); Hail Mary
to ring (a bell); to strike (a gong, drum, etc.); to beat; to sound
at first; initially; in the beginning
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
pronunciation; production of sound
description; account; delineation; (a) predicative; predication
influence (on someone); inspiration
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
retort; back talk; backchat
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
very young; little; childish; immature
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to trifle with; to fool around with
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
to sprout; to put forth buds
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
surely (not); certainly (not)
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
until now; still; yet; (not) yet; since
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble