child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
like this; in this way; as you see
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to dance; to perform dance steps
thereupon; shortly thereafter
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
hole; hollow; pothole (road, pavement, etc.)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to link (information, accounts, etc.); to associate; to connect
the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
state secrets; secrets of the state
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)