to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
from outside; from the side
to put in a word for; to second; to support
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to concede a point; to yield; to give in
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
single-storied house; single-storied building
Buddhist (household) altar
living room (Japanese-style)
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to be erected; to be built
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
stiff formality; set terms
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
devotion; attachment; infatuation
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
dear me; I mean; or rather
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
to foreshadow; to drop a hint (of things to come); to take precautionary measures; to make contingency plans
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on