supreme; sublime; highest
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to grumble; to make difficulties
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
district; section; sector
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
Girls' Day; Dolls' Festival; Hinamatsuri; menstrual day; menstrual period
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
whole face; all over one's face
healthy; sound; wholesome
pure heart; naivete; innocence
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
cruelty; hard-heartedness
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
encouragement; urging; spurring on
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it