to begin; to set about; to start
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
to be prolonged; to drag on
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
cooperation; coordination; link
good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
type of occupation; occupational category
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
note (for reference); remarks; N.B.
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
like a decent person; human
Chinese white olive (Canarium album); olive (Olea europea)
carving; engraving; sculpture
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
public and private; official and personal; government and people
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
(appropriate for) one's age
nasolabial fold; smile line; laugh line
corpulence; fatness; obesity
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
woman who has given birth
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
to be filled to bursting; to burst
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
pregnancy stretch mark; striae gravidarum