mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
back street; back alley; off-street
fish having red flesh (e.g. maguro, katsuo, saba, iwashi)
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
twice; again; second time
mountain road; mountain trail
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
precious stone (esp. jade); egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha