fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
at once; immediately; right now
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
remembrance; recollection; recognition
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
to be intimate with; to befriend
decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely