to detain; to check; to restrain
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
thorough (criticism, defeat, etc.); utter; serious
earnestly; immediately; exactly
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
carbonic acid; carbonated water; baking soda; sodium carbonate
contamination (esp. foreign bodies in food)
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
trouble; bother; annoyance
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
tone of command; authoritative tone; commanding tone
accomplishment; execution
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
in the future; another day; later
to swarm; to crowd; to flock together
digital versatile disc; DVD
video game (played on a home console)
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
source of information; intelligence source; message source
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
eleventh month of the lunar calendar