combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
eagle (Accipitridae family)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
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)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to relapse; to reassert; to review
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
sensual love; love affair
experienced; veteran; skilled; expert
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
all together; in a body; en masse; all alike
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
difference; variation; difference
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to round down (e.g. fraction)
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
having not the slightest idea
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate