bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
wearing one's hair up; coming-of-age ceremony where 12 to 13-year-old girls get their long hair tied up; wearing one's hair up with a hairpin (type of hairstyle used by court ladies)
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
good humour (humor); good mood
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
parent and child meeting (with teacher for course, career guidance, etc.)
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
half-holiday; taking half of the day off
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
sake brewery; wine cellar; bar; bar-room
prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons); no female admission
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
firmly rooted; deep-seated
(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.); Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens)
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar