person of poor character; narrow-minded; unpleasant person; gossip-monger; person of low self-esteem
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent; no-risk choice; easily handled person
confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough (in the shape of a sword guard); (arch.) metal sword guard; (arch.) polearm
beautiful tree; tree producing beautiful flowers
something that leaps or thrusts out
to become bright; to become clear
to suffer damage; to be deceived
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still
name; given name; first name
standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
number of days (times) one has attended
just a handful; only a small number (of)
organ (musical instrument)
Viking; smorgasbord; buffet; smorgasbord (of things); hodge-podge
will not do; do not; does not
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
each (every) time; whenever
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
great depth; bottomless; great height
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
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
how others look at you; what others think about you
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
way of solving (a problem); solution
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); very
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)