entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
to be profitable; to yield a profit
exhilarated; all smiles; tickled pink; pleased as punch
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber
greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
overconfident; presumptuous
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
anything and everything; just about everything
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
and then; and so; and; so then
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
useless; no good; hopeless
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
clear weather after a typhoon has passed
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
good piece of work; honourable mention (honorable)
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh