to sing; to chirp; to twitter
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
Japanese dock (Rumex japonicus)
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
light; easy; non-serious; minor
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
suddenly; abruptly; quickly
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
number (of long, cylindrical things, movies, trains, home runs, etc.)
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth