swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
timidity; cowardliness; (lit.) courage of a flea
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
as usual; as is one's habit
the reverse; other side; lining
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to keep away; to keep at a distance
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
risky; dangerous; insecure
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
one grade; first-class; primary
famous sword; excellent sword
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
warp; curvature; curve; arch
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
genuine article; real thing; real deal
most important condition (for); first prerequisite
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
perfect; complete; flawless