handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow
loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root
a man's word is his bond; a man does not go back on what he's said
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another
to boil down sake, mirin, etc. to reduce the alcohol content
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
ringing; throbbing violently
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
snow, moon, and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi)
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged
Merlion; official mascot of Singapore, depicted as a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish
to project; to stick out; to stand out
to wash away; to rinse off
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
grasping the present situation; having an accurate grasp of the situation
for the use of women only
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
stray cat; alley cat; brazen cat which steals food
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out