diminutive used with names, etc.; diminutive adjective ending
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
ladder form of "high" kanji
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
high heels; high-heeled shoes
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to pretend; to act (as if)
older sister; elder sister
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
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
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
vulva; female genitals; female genital area
launcher; (application) launcher
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
shoeshine; shoe polishing
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
quick; nimble; agile; sharp; shrewd; smart
cyborg; cybernetic organism
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
system; institution; organization; organisation
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen