number two; mistress; concubine
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
these guys; these fellows
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
last week; the week before
brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
bad influence; negative influence
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound