spell; charm; incantation; magic word
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
film released direct-to-video
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to fly around; to scatter
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
either way; in any case; one way or another
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
covered with; stained; smeared
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
briskly; quickly; promptly
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
as soon as possible; ASAP
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity