to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
kaiseki; sophisticated traditional Japanese cuisine brought in courses; simple meal eaten before tea is served
option; selecting an option; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
world; society; people; the public
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
electricity; electric guitar
person of doubtful origin
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up