to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
friendship; good fellowship
colostrum; foremilk; first milk
basketball hoop; basket hoop
influencing (a person) for good
soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings
maternity leave; paternity leave
scratch; scrape; abrasion
drawing board; drafting board
imitation of classical styles
phonograph record; gramophone record
body set on fire from head to foot (like a daruma doll being ritually incinerated)
hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
hime cut; hairstyle consisting of straight shoulder-length or cheek-length sidelocks and bangs cut above the eyebrows
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
knowing when to give up; good at letting things go; accepting failure with good grace; being a good loser
head banging (esp. in popular music)
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
the eighties (age, years, etc.)
(car) being run off the road
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
kick-fighting; French boxing
dish of rice and miso soup or dried bonito flakes; (lit.) cat food
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting