dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
to shake; to waver; to tremble
average value; mean value; mean; expectation
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
otherwise; if not; or else
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
accumulation; accumulate; store
for example; for instance; e.g.
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
release; emission; ejection
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
Orthros (two-headed dog from Greek mythology)
medium; mediocrity; average
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)