to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
one or two; a few; small number
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
unpopular woman; woman who isn't well-liked by men
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
older employee who does not have much actual work
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
environment; circumstance
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step firmly; to harden by treading