hope; white hope; person of promise
outsiders; others; bystanders; onlookers; third person
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
one or two; a few; small number
clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
to clap one's hands in prayer
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
sexual act; sexual intercourse
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
direct connection; direct link
to run out (e.g. of the room)
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
(switched) off; off-season; offset; off-road; offline; offline get-together; offside
speaking voice; talking voice
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
approval; acceptance; toleration
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
eagerly; earnestly; ardently
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
to sit for an examination
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
sensational; inflammatory; incendiary; (sexually) suggestive; lascivious
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
place for showering next to a tub
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
prickling; stinging; biting
amateur's skill or performance
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge