soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
number of times; frequency; count
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
reality; actuality; hard fact
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
release; liberation; acquittal
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
even if; even though; however; no matter how
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying