both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
beautification; glorification
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
self-torturing; masochistic
many; numerous; various; large number of
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
funny story; funny anecdote
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to throw at; to turn; to raise
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
even more; still more; further
acceleration; speeding up
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
group; bunch; crowd; group
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity