first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
Japanese cypress wood bathtub; hinoki tub
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
fee; charge; rate; material
web; World Wide Web; WWW; Web
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
overseas student; exchange student
labor; labour; manpower; working force
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
to repair again; to join again
to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
crossly; angrily; strongly smelling; reeking
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
modesty; humility; being humble