toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
passing mark; qualifying marks (score)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
subordinate work; assistant; servant
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
parboiling; preparatory boiling
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway
period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual
delusion; trick of the imagination
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
contradiction; inconsistency
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
this (very thing); this precisely
M-theory ("master theory" that unifies the five superstring theories)
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
hotcake; (American) pancake
matter of time; question of time
in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
Western painting; Western film; Western movie