unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
switching over to; migration; transition
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
Indian cuisine; Indian cooking; Indian food
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
future; possible; potential; prospective
way of talking; speaking style
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
road approaching a shrine
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
lecture (esp. special engagement by noted speaker); lecture meeting (event with one or more lectures)
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
death by (child) abuse; (child) abuse resulting in death
(having) same family and personal name
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
guidance; leadership; leading the way
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
fortune-telling; divination
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly