umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
to be conceited; to be stuck up; to be full of oneself; to be cocky
window blind; blinds; blind
opposite side; opposition
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
standard value; reference value; nominal value
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
upper arm; (arch.) lower arm
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
washing; cleansing; cleaning; cleansing (one's mind and body)
to polish up; to shine up
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off