to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
chastity; virtue; fidelity
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
proposal; offer; request; application
killing time; staving off boredom
strip show; striptease; stripping; removing one's clothes; strip (e.g. of wood)
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
serious; not joking; straight
high heels; high-heeled shoes
to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
near; close by; within reach; familiar
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to call a person's attention (to)
sphere; counter for balls
clearly; brightly; crisply
tomfoolery; monkey business
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
living thing; organism; creature; biology
horned; horn-shaped; hornlike; corneous; corniculate
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
protuberance; protruding object; umbo