shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
attractive body; nice-looking body
young mother (i.e. early twenties or younger, sometimes previously a juvenile delinquent)
stubborn person; obstinate person; stubbornness; obstinacy
fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
precision; precision ratio; relevance factor; relevance ratio
failing to practice what one preaches
to crawl out of; to creep out of
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone
around 40 (years of age, esp. women)
work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; workers' compensation insurance
in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to throw up; to vomit; to divulge; to reveal; to confess
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
right in the midst of; right at the height of
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
(one acting as a) foster parent
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
as you see; as you can see
to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched
extreme masochist; very masochistic
high rice field; very fertile rice field
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
to call out; to ask someone to come
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
pop; signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)
clearing one's throat; cough
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something