to spin vigorously; to wave around (e.g. sword, bat)
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
foreign enemy; outside invader
preparation; provision; guarding
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
Rodentia; order comprising the rodents
hamster (any rodent of subfamily Cricetinae)
to invite in; to show someone in
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
cold (drinking) water; (glass of) cold water; cold boiled rice
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
tea-ceremony procedures; skill; dexterity; (arch.) you
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
way of talking; speaking style
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort