to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
offense; offence; method of attack
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to half-rise to one's feet
to straighten up; to sit upright
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
microorganisms; saprophyte; saprophytic bacteria
trivia; snippet of knowledge
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
to be in danger of; to be liable to
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear