going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachigokko; Japanese children's game
strange disease; rare disease
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
successive generations; successive emperors
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
local rule; house rule; ground rule
to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; (lit.) to indicate by pointing one's chin; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
only; merely; but; no more than
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
to knock down; to knock out
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration