zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
beyond that point; after that
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
to become possible; to become able to (do)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
tipsy; pleasantly drunk; mellow; entranced; enchanted; captivated
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
for the first time in one's life
small office home office; SOHO
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
release; emission; ejection
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous
nape (of the neck); nucha
as if to say; as much as to say; as though
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
to squeeze out; to wring out
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
pure; true; genuine; unmixed