to touch; to finger; to play with; (arch.) to tease; (arch.) to make fun of
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
carnivore; carnivorous animal
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
superior; superiors; senior
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to walk away; to saunter off
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport); characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre)