idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
sales; selling; marketing
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
de facto wife; common-law wife
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
the West; the Occident; Western countries
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
restlessly; in continuous motion
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
height (of body); stature