wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
with a start; with a jump
to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
construction; building; newly built ship; new boat; (another's) wife (usu. young); young, unmarried woman; wife of a samurai or wealthy tradesman
dismissal; discharge; (arch.) beheading; (arch.) decapitation
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
lecher with a quiet exterior; lecher who doesn't seem it and doesn't talk about it
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
inclination; tendency; nature; character
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
smooth (i.e. without problems)
commonly (called, said, etc.); popularly; colloquially; in common parlance
one's superior's anger; imperial wrath
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to remove; to move out of the way
indeed; really; truly; very much
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
words of praise; eulogy; compliment