back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
image; figure; figure; form; image
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
unmarried; not yet married
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
therapy; treatment; remedy; cure
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
one's superior's anger; imperial wrath
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
particularly; only; in the case of
to write incorrectly (e.g. character); to make a mistake in writing
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
four corners; four ordinal directions
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre