to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion
to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger; (lit.) the ground hardens after it rains
delay; putting off; procrastination
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
restoration; repair; mending
rag; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect
fancy; fancy; imagination; whim
name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
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
voice dramatization on CD (usu. based on manga, anime, etc.)
to put into effect; to put into practice
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
soft tennis (variant of tennis played with a soft rubber ball)
debut work; one's first work
world conquest; world domination; taking over the world
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly