needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
hostility; antagonism; opposition
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
diet; dieting; losing weight (through dieting, exercise, etc.)
to eat too much; to overeat
Otoko Wa Tsurai Yo (long-running series of Japanese comedy movies)
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
minitruck; light truck; small truck; light pickup
to become enraged; to blow one's top; to lose it; to flip out
sillago (any fish of genus Sillago, esp. the Japanese whiting, Sillago japonica)
full ripeness; full maturity
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
administrator; director; commissioner
thousands; several thousand
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
to well up; to burst; to arise
darkish; dusky; dark; murky
to envelop; to blanket; to cloak
escape; skipping (a class); cutting class; escape (key); escapement (clock mechanism)
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
lowish; somewhat low; on the low side; low (ball)
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
wearing one's hair in braids
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to nod in agreement; to nod in assent
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing
sharpness; sharp weapon; blade; fine soldier
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
pigtails; two plaits (braids) hanging about one's shoulders; two plaits (braids) hanging down one's back
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset