monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
tomorrow will take care of itself; let the morn come and the meat with it; (lit.) tomorrow, the winds of tomorrow will blow
solution; solution strategy
chamber maid; female servant; area around the hips; waist area
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
place; situation; position; location
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to have the memory of having done something oneself
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
to make merry; to be festive
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to collapse into; to flop onto
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to shake one's head (in denial)
to like too much; to like to excess; to adore
not understanding; not knowing
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
whole face; all over one's face
innocent; cherubic; childlike