to narrow; to reduce; to contract
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
female pig; sow; fat woman; perverted woman
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
rest; break; recess; intermission
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
acceleration; speeding up
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to be led by; to be headed by
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
hostility; antagonism; opposition