taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
observation; survey; watching
to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to become settled; to be fixed
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
comparatively; relatively
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
with a clink (click, clack)
counter for books; volume
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
being without a name; being nameless; namelessness
one's daughter and heiress
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming