useful thing; usable article
point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)
gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre
becoming red hot; red heat; scorching heat; running high (of emotions); burning (with passion, enthusiasm, etc.)
to take (be in) charge of
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
in good taste; tasteful; (person) of refined taste; of cultivated tastes
central part; heart (of a city)
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
to feel depressed; to be down
fertile; rich; productive
sprinkling (water); watering (plants)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
along the road; along the way
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
bathing (swimming) in cold water
(incense) pastille; round cake of incense, esp. used in incense ceremony
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
high-pressure salesmanship; the hard sell; aggressive peddling
cheap article; poor quality article
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
generously; liberally; magnanimously
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
to stare back (at); to glare back
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply