maintenance; preservation; improvement
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to cease; to stop; to be over
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
fifth year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
bust (measurement); breasts; bosom; bust (sculpture); half-length portrait
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to revere; to respect; to worship
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
MP; magic point; military police (US, etc.); MP; member of parliament (UK, etc.); MP
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
hard blow; crushing blow; severe attack
and then; and so; and; so then
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
remaining quantity; residual quantity
in that way; like that; that way
animal passions; carnal desire; lust
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district