to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
nostril; nostrils; naris; nares
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
person concerned; interested party; related party
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
traffic light; signalling mechanism; semaphore (apparatus)
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
retention; maintenance; preservation
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to understand; to make out
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
to smooth; to harmonize; to facilitate; to streamline
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
to comfort; to console; to amuse
just past noon; afternoon
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
expansion; swelling; increase; growth