to examine someone's expression
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
to get late; to advance; to wear on
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
(made of) stone; stone-built
both hands; both arms; ten
such ... as; or some such
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
basic principle; fundamental principle
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
craving; longing; thirsting
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
number of persons; personnel
selection; choice; picking out
to have one's name entered (in a list)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to raise one's voice; to shout
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach