the opposite sex; isomerism
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
boy; son; baby boy; young man
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
parent-child relationship
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
such ... as; or some such
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
everybody; every last one of them; all
bodily build; degree of fleshiness
nice; likeable; desirable
to be born; to come into the world
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
marriage proposal; courtship
(not) even once; (not) ever
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
supply; provision; raising; procurement
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
(person treated as a) plaything
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
in low spirits; dejected; sad
fake; something false; sham; deception
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips