age 16 (of a girl); pubescence; age 64 (of a man); breaking of the hymen (during sex); defloration
this (very thing); this precisely
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
colored contact lens; coloured contact lens; cosmetic contact lens; decorative contact lens
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
way of talking; speaking style
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
chit; sales slip; voucher
unopened (state); with an unbroken seal
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
for use by children; for children
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
dense; dim; dull-witted; unsympathetic; slow to understand; slow on the uptake
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
family vacation; family trip
air conditioning; air cooling
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
somehow; for some reason or other
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
human intellect; knowledge
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-