to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
to get late; to advance; to wear on
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
horned owl (any owl with horn-like ear tufts)
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
along; parallel to; in accordance with
shadow figure; silhouette
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying