meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
dignity; majesty; sanctity
intelligence; intellect; brains
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
to suspend (from); to hang (down); to dangle
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
dependent on luck; matter of luck
formidable; not to be sneered at; not to be made light of
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency); thickness; advantageous circumstances; one-tenth of a monme of silver
bet; wager; stake; gamble
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
encryption; encoding; encipherment
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live in luxury; to be proud; to be haughty
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings