birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
clam sauce pasta; vongole (e.g. spaghetti alle vongole)
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
to chirp (of a swarm of insects); to sing; to gather; to swarm
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
silently (as the grave); quietly (as in death)
quarrel; trouble; dispute
first thing in the morning
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
love passionately; ardent love; devotion
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
tag; slip; label; sticker
-job; stimulating the penis with a body part
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
boastful speech; bragging
24 hours; twenty-four hours
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
answering machine; answerphone
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
in terms of; from the point of view of
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
married woman; another's wife
equality; uniformity; evenness