interesting; fascinating; intriguing; amusing; funny; comical
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
to have meaning; to be meaningful
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
somewhere to go; place to go
to be quick-witted; to be quick-thinking
free-loader; hanger-on; parasite; house guest
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
summary; recapitulation; aggregation
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
departure; leaving; setting off
recovery; undoing; recall
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
to call together; to convene
camping; campground; making camp
to move around; to move about; to get around
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
sorry; excuse me; thank you
don't worry about it; forget about it
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
unless one ...; if one does not ...
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown