indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to dress oneself up; to deck oneself out
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
male instincts; male frivolity
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
(social) position; status
unexpected meeting; coincidence
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
(short) rest; breather; break
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women
sexy; popular; well-liked
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
of no interest; not interested
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
role of the villain; the bad guy
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake