raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
cross-examination; retort; asking in return
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
dark and desolate; forlorn
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
unidentified flying object; UFO
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
dated; date; fixed; external
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
flesh-color; flesh-colour
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)
to get along well together; to be close to each other
stark naked; nude; bare; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)