giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to talk; to carry meaning
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
fast-talking; rapid talking
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
Jintan (brand-name breath mint marketed as having various medicinal properties); refreshing candies resembling BBs or metallic dragees
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
netsuke; carved toggle used to tether a small container to the sash of a robe
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
storehouse; warehouse; godown
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
in accordance with; according to
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
rationalization; rationalisation; rationalize; rationalise
reconciliation; make peace with
invitation; introduction; temptation