babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
again and again; repeatedly
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
telephone number; phone number
unmistakable; unquestionable; certain; evident
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
fully armed; armed to the teeth
military expansion; arms buildup
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to be within one's capabilities; to be easy to chew
explosive; blasting powder
operator (e.g. telephone)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
competition; rivalry; feeling that something is worth the effort; motivation; enthusiasm
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
telephone call; telephone (device)
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
older sister; elder sister
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain