pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to stick it out (until the end)
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to anticipate; to foresee
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
cruelty; hard-heartedness
to push away; to push aside; to shove
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
to smash down; to beat in
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
major powers of the world; great powers
various countries; various regions; various provinces
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)