equality; impartiality; evenness
feeling of a house or a room
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
high praise; great admiration; with critical acclaim; to rave reviews; currently; presently
police officer; policeman; constable
police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
very shy person; bashful person
if you want to hide a tree, the best place is a forest
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
laughing embarrassedly and sticking out one's tongue
omega (last letter of the Greek alphabet); end; conclusion; angular velocity
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
curses come home to roost; (lit.) if you curse someone, dig two graves
to humiliate; to disgrace; to put to shame; to violate; to (sexually) assault; to rape