yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
snake; serpent; large snake
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
nod; inclination of the head
failure; mistake; blunder
to stiffen; to become stiff
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
insertion; plug; (electrical) outlet; spasm of pain; griping pain
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
beyond that point; after that
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to order; to command; to appoint
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
what is it exactly?; what is it precisely
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
just you wait and see (as a threat)
electrical outlet; wall socket; power plug
pronunciation; production of sound
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution