platform truck; hand truck; trolley; (railway) truck; bogie; flatcar
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
genuine article; real thing; real deal
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
left side; left-hand side
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
cryptid (unidentified mysterious creature); mythical beast
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly