what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
two (long cylindrical things)
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
three; three years of age
left side; left-hand side
wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; front left; front and left
smallish; on the small side
left back (corner, etc.); on the left and at the rear; left-hand side and at the back
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
something; some kind of; for some reason
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
sounding of a drum or hand drum; sound of drums; full (stomach); bursting
strainer; colander; cocktail strainer
latch; clasp; catch; check; fastener
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in