modern person; people of today
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
triangle; triangular shape
tearing (along a perforated edge); peeling off (a plastic film, sticker, etc.)
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
one's family; family member
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
(not) so much; (not) that much
to watch over; to watch attentively
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
to overdo; to do too much
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
poor at preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip; having weak defenses; off one's guard; vulnerable (to attack)
easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose
manly; masculine; like a man
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
mask; disguise; guise; mask
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
since one was born; (in) all one's life
immediately; right away; on the spot
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender