with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
tears (from being deeply moved); tears of gratitude
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
a little bit; a little while
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to keep in mind; to memorize
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
absolutely; positively; decidedly
girl (usu. attractive) with glasses; glasses-wearing girl
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
opinion; point of view; visual point
to watch over; to watch attentively
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
swallowing; understanding; apprehension
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
going around; patrol; round; tour
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition
arbitration; intercession; mediation
uncertain; vague; ambiguous