to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
mixed bag; mixture of good and bad; jumble of wheat and chaff; (lit.) mixture of precious gems and common rocks
father and mother; parents
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
since one was born; (in) all one's life
to trample; to crush underfoot
such; like that; that sort of
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
the world in general; society; convention
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
personage; person (deserving of respect)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
devoted; self-sacrificing
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
plaster; patch; ointment; liniment
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to congeal; to gelatinize; to jellify; to jell; to gell; to freeze
to ask a question; to ask questions