to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
commitment; pledge; promise
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
pussy (i.e. female genitals); sexual intercourse
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
in deep black; in jet black
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
warning color; warning colour
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
by means of; due to; because of; according to
person who does this; person who is like this; yakuza; gangster; idiot; moron
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
good for the health; healthy; wholesome
gummi; gummi candy; gummi drop
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
red and white candy stick sold at children's festivals
health management; health maintenance; health care
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
the future; future prospects
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate