bowel movement; evacuation
way of asking; way of listening; listener
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to recover one's strength; to recover one's spirit; to revive; to be refreshed; to be invigorated; to be encouraged
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
amorous adventure; love affair
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); hospital pharmacy; dispensary
diagnostic agent (esp. pregnancy test)
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
time and time again; many times; a number of times
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
little finger; pinky; little toe
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
one's house; one's home; one's family
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
large serving; large portion
double suicide; lovers' suicide
pickled vegetables; pickles
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
Japanese amberjack (species of yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata)
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)