to dance; to perform dance steps
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to bring; to take; to bring about
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
no!; no no!; no, not at all
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display; to be buried
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost