seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
messenger; envoy; emissary
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
side of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
training; drill; practice; discipline
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
maintenance; preservation; improvement
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter