mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
recommendation; referral; endorsement
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
recommender; nominator; referee
to call dibs; to establish a claim; (lit.) to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
way of eating; how to eat
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
pricing; (price) positioning
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
present continuous tense; present progressive form
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely