overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
article; news story; report; account
limp; listless; enervated; flaccid; wilting; soft
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
long; drawn-out; very long
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
kimono fabrics shop; draper
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
treatment; service; handling; management
Japanese person; Japanese people
such a thing; something like that
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
to be digested; to master (a skill); to be proficient; to mature (e.g. personality); to mellow; to mature (foodstuff)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
way one walks; one's walk
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
lower back (or hip) pain; lumbago
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
(doing nothing but) eating and sleeping; living idly
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
bust (measurement); breasts; bosom; bust (sculpture); half-length portrait
to squash; to crush; to flatten