to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
present; gift; to give a present or gift
obscene; indecent; dirty; improper
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
act of obscenity; obscene act; lewd act; indecent act; indecent conduct; indecent behavior
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
national holiday; public holiday
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
to telephone; to make a phone call
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
accomplishment; execution
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
shipping; shipment; forwarding
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
to follow another's example
binoculars; field glasses
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
I Doubt It (card game); Cheat; Bullshit; I doubt that; no way; you're fibbing
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
narrow margin; slim margin
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
practice; practising; experience