cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
manners; behavior; behaviour
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
dear (old); good old; longed-for; classic; nostalgic
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
trip abroad; overseas travel
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
living room (Western style); sitting room
door; gate; opening; title page
kitchen; financial situation; finances
kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
to grab (someone) by the collar; to seize (someone) by the lapels
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
persistence; single-mindedness; sticking to one point; always making the same bet
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth