to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
rising up; towering; plump; chubby; shaggy; hairy
not worth doing; waste of effort
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
motel; drive-in love hotel
to steal a kiss; to snatch a kiss
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
to feign innocence; to feign ignorance; to wipe one's mouth
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
maintaining the status quo
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
stage scenery; set; backdrop
branch office; police box; local police station
oasis; OASYS (Fujitsu WP system)
ancient civilization; ancient civilisation
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
outside of one's area of expertise
kuda-gitsune; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses; stoat
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously