cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
root; joint; base; crotch
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
transmitter; homing device
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
I appreciate your efforts
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
to anticipate; to foresee
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
to have an idea; to have a clue
name plate; name tag; label
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
... years old; age (of) ...
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
never mind!; don't worry about it
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)