to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute
to rank next to; to come after
to be expensive; to be costly
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
casual wear; ordinary clothes; everyday clothes; home wear
red light (esp. on emergency vehicles)
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup
close call; narrow escape
enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank; enokitake; enokidake
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
residence; housing; residential building
showcase; display case; vitrine
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
for more details ...; for further information ...
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into