lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
a hundred lashes; a hundred strokes
soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
to slap; to strike; to spank
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
proposal; proposition; suggestion
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
treatment (of a person); dealing with
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to grimace; to make a wry face
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
loser; defeated person; the defeated
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver