challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story
kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
matter of time; question of time
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
reading the first character of each line of a horizontally written text (to reveal a hidden word or message); reading acrostically
presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
real experience; actual observations
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
one's house; one's home; one's family
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
when it comes to ...; as for ...
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
to blow out; to spout out
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor; assailant; offender; at-fault party (e.g. in an accident)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit
Sui dynasty (of China; 581-618)
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest