obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
to take into consideration; to use one's discretion
guardian; protector; patron; parent
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
phantom; vision; illusion
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
former; ex-; earlier times; the past; formerly; previously
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
to relax; to feel at home
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
unseasonable; out-of-season