half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
youthful; young; young-looking
double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; (lit.) double-tongued
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
impression of the teeth; tooth mold (mould); tooth mark; teeth marks
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
near; close; beside; third person
briskly with small steps; trotting
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid