to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
breaking off; snapping off
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to appease; to suppress; to calm
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
desperately; for one's dear life
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor