round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
sexual activity (at a brothel) involving body lotion and an air mattress
aquatic (life); living in the water
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
mat; canvas (in boxing or wrestling)
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
man; male; masculine gender
special; particular; peculiar; unique
bathing; going in the bath
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
to lie down; to throw oneself down
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
please (give me); please (do for me)
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
(opening of a) wound; cut
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
outrageous lie; outright lie
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
inverted nipple; retracted nipple
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin); (bowling) pin; pin; flagstick; (a) one (on dice or Japanese playing cards); first; top
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
matte (finish, colour, etc.); matt; mat; matte (metallurgy)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
favourite aeroplane, camera or other machine (favorite, airplane)
of no concern at all; I couldn't care less; no skin off my nose
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on