digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
victim; injured party; sufferer
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
short trip; brief journey; excursion
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
bento; Japanese box lunch
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
too much; excessively; too
young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age
rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)
how many people; a number of people
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
breath; breathing; tone; mood
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
moment to quit; way to quit
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
front; frontage; facade; main
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
in succession; one after another
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
sexy; popular; well-liked
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
high tension (as in electronics, etc.); excited; enthusiastic
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode