lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
the opposite sex; isomerism
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
inner citadel; core; center; centre
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
delusion; trick of the imagination
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
remembrance; recollection; recognition
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to be conspicuous; to stand out
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
first meeting; first interview with
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
and; thereupon; because of that
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern