slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to do earnestly; to get serious
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
prickling; stinging; tingling
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
cow's tongue; sole (any fish of the families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
leader of a delegation (body, party)
to be silent; to say nothing
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)