nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
transport; transportation
chief; main; principal; important
duty; function; office; mission; task
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
for use by children; for children
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
nape (of the neck); nucha
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
several years; a few years
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to speak; to hear a voice
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
constriction; narrow part (in middle); waist (esp. of a woman)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
elder sister; effeminate man
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
proportions (esp. body proportions); proportionate width; ratio
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)