looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
suited figure; person in a suit
single colour (color); monochrome
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
two-tone coloring; two-tone colouring
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
guardian; protector; patron; parent
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to finish reading; to read through
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
(appropriate to) time, place, occasion
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
high rating; good reputation
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
collation; examining and comparing
to give the stamp of approval
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
simply put; putting it simply; in short
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
speed per second; velocity per second; instant; moment; a few seconds
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer