to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
totally unexpected result; stunning upset
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
fragment; splinter; wane (of the Moon)
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
delivery; transfer; hand-over
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
matter causing distress; something causing worry
brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
secret communication (with the enemy); collusion; betrayal; adultery; (extramarital) affair
dirty; vulgar; nasty; offensive; disgusting
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
two days later; day after next; next day but one
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
destiny; will of Heaven; luck
to steer a ship; to manage; to take command; to take the helm
carrying (on one's person); taking with one
has never (done, occurred); there has never been an instance (where); there is no precedent (for)
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse