vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
middle-aged spread; weight put on in middle age
femoral region; thigh area
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
pride; dignity; self-worth
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to get angry; to get mad; to be angular; to be square
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
instant; moment; for an instant
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
for example; for instance; e.g.
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
one act (of a play); scene; event
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
professional killer; hit man
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand