prostitute; whore; tramp; floozy; slut
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
firm promise; definite promise
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
knowing no bounds; showing no signs of stopping or slowing down
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
morning session (stock exchange); morning trading
last moves (in go, shogi, or chess); endgame; gathering; collecting; coming together
brand; make; description; trading name of stocks and securities
maximum allowable single-day loss (stock exchange, etc.)
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
fortune-telling; divination
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
bust (measurement); breasts; bosom; bust (sculpture); half-length portrait
showing no fear, even of God
flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
to close down a business; to shut a business
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
completeness; being fully equipped; (suit of) armor; armour
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle