volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
very young bride; child bride; childish wife
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
disclosure; exposure; revelation
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
start of a romance; beginning of love
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
fashion sense; sense of fashion
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
greeting; a fine thing to say
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
virgin consecrated to a deity; shrine maiden; (spiritualistic) medium
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head