dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
to lean against; to set against
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to have an underbite; to have a protruding chin; to be concaved; to have a concave shape
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
variety of court dance (Nara period)
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
kindergarten pupil; kindergartener; preschooler; child in daycare
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
to roll about; to writhe about
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
protruding eyes; person with protruding eyes; result of a dice roll; number of pips visible after a throw of the dice
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
flaunting; showing off; display (of power, wealth, etc.); ostentation
horseplay; fooling around
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)