crisp; staccato; piquant; clear
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
time for ...; time to ...; good time to ...; opportunity to ...; season
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing; robbery
goods offered to a person in distress
melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)
hey; yo; hi; yessir; understood
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
earnest apology; humble apology; apologizing profusely
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
formula; prescribed form; established formality
abusive language; violent language; wild words
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
mouth-to-mouth feeding; beak-to-beak feeding; mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation); conveying by word of mouth; oral tradition
grotesque; disgusting; gross
to be softened; to calm down
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
again; once again; yet again
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
changeable; unsettled; inconstant; fickle (e.g. weather)
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to cram (into a box, bag, etc.); to pack; to drive (someone) into a corner; to push to the edge; to put in a nutshell; to make succinct
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
along the road; along the way
interception; monitoring; tapping
running alone; running solo; having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else); having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof