intimacy; friendship; familiarity
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
stirring; slight movement
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
dark; gloomy; black; doleful; discouraged; disappointed
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
violent explosion; bursting
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
(one's) current position; current location; present position
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to become empty; to be emptied
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
exactly as stated; verbatim
mission; delegation; transmission