tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
feng (male Chinese firebird)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
compassionate; sympathetic
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
notes; remarks (reference) column
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
kimono fabrics shop; draper
future; possible; potential; prospective
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to put into the mouth; to eat
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
reconciliation (with one's spouse, adopted child, etc.)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
to call again; to call someone back
answering machine; answer phone
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
inside; interior; inner part
editor (in publishing, etc.)
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver