stability; steadiness; equilibrium
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
love affair; love relationship
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
while; during (the time when)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
serious; not joking; straight
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
making a strange face; strange face
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to be photographed; to be projected
shot (in films); shot (of alcohol); hitting a ball (e.g. in tennis); shoot (in basketball)
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
there being no use in arguing (about it)
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
reality; actuality; hard fact
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best