SM; S&M; sado-masochism; shopping mall
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to clamber (up); to scale
adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done
extreme masochist; very masochistic
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
just because; even if; even though
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
to have (something) innate; to be born with
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
official certification; official approval; certification examination; licensing examination; hypothesis testing
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
tap; faucet; tapping (on a touchscreen); tap dance; tap (electrical)
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
curly men's hairstyle, usu. associated with yakuza or delinquents
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
explosion; rupture; break off
to fly around; to scatter
to collect; to assemble; to gather
false invoice; false billing
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
taijitu; cosmic dual forces symbol; yin-yang symbol
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line