hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
approval; acceptance; recognition; private seal; signet
sweeping over (e.g. of a natural disaster); engulfing; sweeping victory; clean sweep
being upright and cleanhanded
to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
innermost depths of one's heart
rush job; slipshod job; quick-and-dirty work
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
mantra; Shingon sect (of Buddhism)
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
namasu; dish of raw fish and vegetables seasoned in vinegar
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
beyond one's means or position
well bottom; narrow place
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
treatment (of a person); dealing with
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
flashy; gaudy; flamboyant
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
true to one's name; living up to one's name
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
third stage; three stages
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps