answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
kink in one's neck; sprained neck
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
triumphant return; returning in triumph
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
colour; color; hue; tints
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
setting a bad example to others
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
to notify; to advise; to inform
without a break; without stopping; incessantly; ceaselessly
to be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
to go into the minutest details
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
no exception; without exception; always the same
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
the spoken words of the emperor or a noble
thickness; profundity; depth
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich
to be impressed; to greatly admire
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing); (arch.) clan
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp