having one's guard up; not showing weak points; (of women) resisting attempts of being hit on; being distrustful of potential love interests; prudish
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate; stalking horse; spoiler
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
sexy; popular; well-liked
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
attention seeker; look-at-me
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
wounded person; injured person
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)