soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
self-consciousness; self-awareness
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
such; this sort of; like this
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
womanly; ladylike; feminine
forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
certain; definite; clear; credible
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
pointing out; identification
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
stale; hackneyed; cliched
odds and ends; all; every
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to crouch; to squat; to cower