mesh; grid; highlight in the hair; streaked hair
to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
using a new brush for the first time; doing something for the first time; man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
to be kind to; to treat kindly
rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to spend time (on doing something)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to slide down; to slip down
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
with a splash; slap; slat; slam
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
slimy; slippery; (moving) slowly
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy