to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; taking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
and; thereupon; because of that
one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
counter for things inside a bag
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
control; check; restraint; inhibition
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
danger; peril; hazard; risk
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
too (much); overly; excessively
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
formal receipt (of payment; oft. hand-written)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
to appear uneasy; to appear anxious
folding into four; quarto
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)