distress; anguish; mental suffering
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
elegant; lively but restrained; quietly beautiful
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
amorous; sexy; voluptuous; erotic
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to suck (or draw) out; to aspirate
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to be too numerous; to be too much
one's own child; one's own children
to make a speech; to address
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to relax; to make oneself comfortable