bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
care (e.g. medical); attention; nursing; kea (Nestor notabilis)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
whoosh (of water); hiss (of a cat, snake, etc.); sizzle
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
equality; impartiality; evenness
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
guidelines for action; personal principles
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to pay for someone else (with the expectation of being reimbursed later); to lend someone the money to pay for (e.g. rent); to make a temporary payment on someone's behalf
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to be in danger of; to be liable to; to be at risk of
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
sudden rise; steep climb; trending
time; season; period; phase; stage
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
busiest and most profitable business period; peak season
tendency; trend; inclination
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
combat power; fighting strength
just because; even if; even though
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
being rampant; domination
to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner); to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give someone the brown-eye
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
going around; patrol; round; tour
to find out; to discover; to locate
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)