in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
trouble; bother; annoyance
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
being left out; being ostracized
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
in accordance with; according to
wild beast; wild animal; brute
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
charred; burnt black; scorched black
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
indicates being the subject or receiver of an action, decision, etc.; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
shooting down (an aircraft)
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
product; produce; result; fruit
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to press a question; to cross-examine
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing