to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
attendance; participation; presence
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
upper arm; (arch.) lower arm
manner of using one's hands
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
it's not like; it isn't as if
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
changing one's (public) persona; changing one's (public) image
most difficult; next to impossible
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on