credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to develop a relationship; to build intimacy; to deepen a friendship; to get acquainted
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
dust jacket; book jacket; dust wrapper; dust cover
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
spin; rotation; spin (PR, politics)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
storefront; front of a store
to underrate; to make light of
fixed phrase; canned phrase; standard wording; template; boilerplate
to pry; to prize; to prise
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
depiction; description; portrayal
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
button (clothing); push-button
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
narrow; thin (sized); slender
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter