to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
with these words; while saying
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
tart; roll of sponge cake with sweetened beans
Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
willpower; energy; vitality
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
boomerang; swim briefs; Speedos
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)