eye of a typhoon; eye of a tropical cyclone; person (or thing) at the center of a turbulent situation (who triggers change or movement)
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
cobra twist; abdominal stretch
professional wrestling move
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
headhunting (collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies)
don't you ever come here again!; (lit.) come here the day before yesterday
for the first time in one's life
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
adult; adult; pornographic; explicit
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
shame; disgrace; (sexual) violation; rape
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to leave it as is; to leave it at that; to let it be; to stop with something
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
joint-locking technique (in judo)