rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
reason; cause; circumstances
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
handrail; railing; banister
stepwise; one step at a time
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods; sake
sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
gazing at (in wonderment)
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
before god; before an altar
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
isomorphism; same shape; same type; same pattern
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
area; domain; territory; field; range; region