to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
poisonous; toxic; addictiveness
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
the body is honest; your body reveals what you really think (or want)
sending; forwarding; shipping
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
because; as; since; so; due to
tart; roll of sponge cake with sweetened beans
warabimochi; sweet dumpling made from bracken starch
well done!; bravo!; zenzai; red bean soup made with azuki beans
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
putting beneath other goods; being at the bottom of the pile; lowly position; bottom (of the ladder); obscurity
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
correction; looking over; touching up
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
to put on a patronizing air
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
heartstrings; innermost soul
architectural firm; architectural company