administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
precondition; prerequisite
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
nonconformist; dissenter; maverick; enfant terrible
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
inheritance from a parent
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
pilaf topped with bechamel or other cheese-based sauce, then oven baked
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
to be jealous; to be envious
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to fly into a jealous rage; to go mad with jealousy
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
first time; first; initial