trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to push aside; to brush aside
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
having not the slightest idea
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing
hairline at nape of neck; nape of neck
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
place; situation; position; location
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
the same generation; coeval
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
pigtails; two plaits hanging about one's shoulders; two plaits hanging down one's back; queue
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)