belongings; appendage; accessory
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
matter for great congratulation
rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife
to light (a fire); to kindle; to incite; to instigate; to stir up
white background; blank; (arch.) female virgin
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
untiringly; persistently; without losing interest
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
walking heavily; lumbering
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.); to weaken
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
many people; a large number of people
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
children's story; fairy tale
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat