cards with words or phrases written on them, used in Japanese karuta games
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
looking depressed; long face
engagement; business; affair; use; need
forced laugh; forced smile
to look away; to avert one's eyes
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
counter for books; volume
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
degree of attention; profile
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
some people; a few people; several people
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
to be relieved; to feel relieved
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
fitness training; development of physical strength; building stamina; keeping up one's fitness
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
to slide down; to slip down
podgily; plumply; thickly
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)