to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to investigate thoroughly; to research thoroughly; to master; to understand completely
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
prickling; stinging; tingling
to push aside; to brush aside
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to speak ill of; to disparage
doorstop; door stop; door stopper
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.); to weaken
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
town girl; girl raised in a town
I don't like it; it's troublesome; it's too much; it's awful
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
temporary (suspension) bridge; makeshift bridge; bridge (between cultures, generations, etc.); link; walkway (constructed on a cliff face); plank path
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
study group; study meeting
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
elopement; running away with a lover