losing weight; slimming; lean person
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
cross (used in a crucifixion)
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to exterminate; to eliminate; to eradicate; to suppress
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to melt (steel, etc.); to liquefy; to soften; to melt (one's heart); to disarm
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
rather; sooner; preferably
flash; instant; lightning (speed)
quick work; (clever) feat
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
excursion; outing; picnic
small change; coins; small sum of money