distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
(how) many times; (how) often
looking everywhere; looking in all four directions; neighborhood; vicinity
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
mockery; derision; ridicule
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
(not) even once; (not) ever
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
raging fire; conflagration
to vomit; to throw up; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
esophagus; gullet; esophageal
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
to be stiff; to be starchy
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to strangle; to constrict
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please