to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
again; once more; a second time
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
big and round (esp. of eyes); round and cute; spinning; whirling; plump and round; chubby
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
throat; important part; vital area
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
dull sound; muffled sound
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
headhunting (collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
living thing; living creature; animal; life
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)