popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
somewhat cold; a bit chilly
since one was born; (in) all one's life
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein
you; Mr; Mister; older brother; elder brother
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
speaking voice; talking voice
love hotel; short-stay hotel used primarily for sexual activities
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
liquid crystal display; LCD; liquid crystal screen
return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back; repayment
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
becoming stereotyped; becoming tedious; becoming repetitive; becoming routine; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage