obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
person concerned; interested party; related party
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
leaving school during a term
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
gender; distinction of sex; sex
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
counter for choices, options, etc.
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
observation; survey; watching
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
nasal hair; nose hair; being infatuated with women; fool
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
scenery; scene; landscape
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
long ago; already; a long time ago
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to summon courage; to be brave
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
even if; even though; however; no matter how
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home