holy water; urine (esp. as related to urolagnia)
to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with
to worry about what lies ahead (based on the current situation); to look bleak (for the future); to not bode well
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
to be lit (of a lamp, burner, etc.); to catch fire; to ignite; to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.); to come on
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
many; much; plenty; hardly
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
investigation; research; looking something up
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
welcome; (warm) reception
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to taste; to try (food or drink)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
to put into the mouth; to eat
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
arrangement; pact; agreement
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
invisibly; secretly; privately
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so