valid; effective; yuko (judo)
means; way; method; measure
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
eating together; dining together; having a meal together
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to get between; to be caught in
box for letters and papers; box used to carry or deliver letters
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
front; frontage; facade; main
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
ten-year-old; ten year old
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
to bring (someone into a place); to lead into
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
blow; shock; strike; batting
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
to gain a bad reputation; to fall into ill repute
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
gooily; with a squeeze; squishily; with a squish
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel; to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be infected; to be contagious
boisterously; roughly; briskly
health management; health maintenance; health care