light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated
negotiations; discussions; connection
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
love affair; love relationship
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to encamp; to take up positions
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to have an eye on; to zero in on
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
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
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
founder of a religious sect
being frank; going so far as to say
many; numerous; various; large number of
careful observation; close attention