sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
door; gate; opening; title page
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
talking while standing; standing around talking
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
don't worry about it; forget about it
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
just because; even if; even though
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
finishing blow; coup de grâce
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed