sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
estrangement; alienation; disaffection; (customer) churn; attrition
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
training; drill; practice; discipline
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
another thing; other things; another man's property
to be intimate with; to befriend
to turn against; to become an enemy
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
elder sister; effeminate man
to speak through the nose; to nasalize
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
shout (of excitement); roar (of a crowd)
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
king; monarch; ruler; champion
yes; wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the sea of Japan
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
match; game; bout; contest