careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
(smiling) goofily; with a loose, slack grin
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
semen; seminal fluid; sperm
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
being addicted to; being wholly absorbed by; falling ill; becoming sick
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
to crawl out of; to creep out of
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
light pink; pale pink; cherry blossom pink
to dye; to colour; to color
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
calamity; misfortune; disaster
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
disclosure; exposure; revelation
(rubbing) salt in the wound
to rub into; (arch.) to teach; (arch.) to train; (arch.) to educate
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
government office; agency; board
to tuck up (a kimono skirt); to tuck in; to make short (a story, explanation, etc.); to cut short; to abridge
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends