shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
bromide; publicity photograph of a movie star, entertainer, etc.
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
densely covered in thick hair; hairy; fuzzy
place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
level; standard; water level
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
(stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine
with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence
left justification; aligning to the left
length (of an animal); body length
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
stone mortar; millstone; quern
gleaming; shining; glistening
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
sea of blood; pool of blood
to be bony; to be angular
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
to live through; to survive