interior; inside; internal
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
military personnel; soldier
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
reception room; parlor; parlour
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
to like; to love; to be fond of
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
regulation; adjustment; control
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
commercialization (e.g. product); commodification
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
suffix for familiar person
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to coil around (of a child or animal); to grab (usu. out of playfulness or affection); to cling
green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass; cat teaser (cat toy); kitty teaser
hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)
index finger; forefinger; second toe
good feeling; feeling good