birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
to decide; to determine; to judge
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
woman; female; feminine gender
responsibility; duty; obligation
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
connection; link; relationship
look!; there!; here!; that is
desperately; for one's dear life
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
delicately; weakly; gently; supplely
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
sit-up; abdominal muscles; abs
to become better; to improve
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
weight training; muscle training
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close