attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
without reservation; freely; frankly
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
with a start; with a jump
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
shoji (paper sliding door)
late at night; at a late hour
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
choo-choo; chug-chug; chuff-chuff; brush-brush; scrub-scrub
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
(being moved) deeply; (feeling) profoundly; (going) straight to one's heart; going numb; stinging (pain)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell