water caltrop (esp. Trapa japonica); water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
if you do this; if this is the case
scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
raging fire; conflagration
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to find someone's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
taking refuge and waiting (for the danger to pass); waiting (on a siding) to let another train pass
to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away
amusement; fun; brief entertainment
foreign matter; impurities
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
repeat; repeating; repeat (broadcast); rerun; repeat sign; repeat consumption
nine times; twisting around many times
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
prudence; discretion; thought; consideration
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
small hill; low hill; hillock
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
to be too late (to be of use)
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called
very recently; in the very recent past
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. of cold)
broad-minded; (of a rikishi) tall, with long reach, making it harder for their opponent to get a grip on their mawashi
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
taking no notice of; paying no attention to
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
to follow (someone); to shadow; to tail; to stalk
they; those guys; those fellows