100,000; hundred thousand
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
prohibition; inhibition; ban
progress; advance; improvement; development
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
this (very thing); this precisely
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
handle of an axe; handle of a hatchet
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart