to turn towards; to point
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
one by one; one after another; successively
to establish; to formulate
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
double-sword fencing; two-sword fencer; being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields; liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
very interesting; of great interest
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence