left breast; left side of the chest
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
trifling; little; few; slight
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
hot topic; talk of the town
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
pristella tetra (Pristella maxillaris); X-ray tetra
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
town; city; municipal; urban
water damage; flood disaster
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
gambling den; gambling house
heating power; thermal power; firepower
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
vague; unclear; elusive; hazy