to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
breaking off an engagement
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
leader of a delegation (body, party)
salaried; with pay; vacation; (paid) holiday
bikini (swimwear); Bikini island
match (contest); to match with; to go well with
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
sit-up; abdominal muscles; abs
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
almost; roughly; approximately
hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)
(present) head of a family
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
extermination; annihilation
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to be born; to come into the world
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
to serve; to work for; to attend
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death