to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
(right at the) side; just beside
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
archery range; brothel (covering up as an archery range)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
sociolect spoken in the Tokyo area by gyaru
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh; suddenly blushing; in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)