flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
conte; short story; tale; comedy sketch; skit
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
(necessary) personnel; required person
huge person; enormous object
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
upper arm; (arch.) lower arm
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
hating; strongly disliking
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
to squeeze out; to wring out
with energy; vigorously; cheerfully; assertively; lustily
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
to get dark after sunset; to turn to dusk; to decline (after a peak); to wane; to be lost in thought; to be in a pensive mood
daily necessities; everyday item
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason