shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base; taking a place; securing a position
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency); thickness; advantageous circumstances; one-tenth of a monme of silver
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
using all one's strength; using all one's might
to thrust down; to push off
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
falling on one's backside; pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
to vent one's frustration; to relieve one's pent-up anger; to let off one's pent-up feelings; to let off steam
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
flax color; flax colour; beige; ecru
to comb down; to smooth down
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated