this place; where one comes from; here
draw; tie; draw (to decide pairings in a competition); draw (shot); drawing
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
upper side (of a go, chess or othello board)
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
adultery; impropriety; (an) affair; immorality
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
to faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted
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
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)
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
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 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
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
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
I appreciate your efforts
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
northern lights; aurora borealis
to repent; to be penitent
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
independence; self-reliance
to throw one's weight around; to be puffed up