feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
older brother and younger sister
performance (e.g. music, dance, drama); something done (just) for show; theatre; performance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
the first half-year; first half of the year
setting up specially; special installation
event held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
weather-beaten; bleached skull
established practice; custom
climax; peak; critical moment; most important stage; turning point
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
light meal; snack; refreshments
secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books
clientele; customer stratum
festival merrymaking; revelry
to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead
constitutional; relating to character, structure, nature, etc.
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
ordinary citizen; the general public