to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to overflow from something full
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
surely (not); certainly (not)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
throughout; all through; right through
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
fan-tan (card game); sevens; parliament
old maid (card game); living without one's mother-in-law
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
picture-matching (with card games, etc.); matching pictures; picture-matching contest (popular in the Heian period); e-awase
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course