check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
appearing as if something doesn't exist; casual; offhand
straight-laced person; stubborn person
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
matrimonial happiness; happy marriage
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
interferer; meddler; buttinsky
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
loving couple; couple of lovebirds; happily married couple (who are always together)
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
perfect; complete; flawless
jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
assertion; declaration; affirmation
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
to push aside; to brush aside
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
cheating (on one's husband); adultery; male lover (of a married woman); paramour
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
hot water; boiling water; hydrothermal water; hydrothermal solution
to blow out; to spout out
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks