to annoy; to irritate; to cause offence; to provoke; to get on someone's nerves
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
splish-splash; with a splash; click-click (of a camera shutter); with a click; with a snap
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
dressing room; fitting room
partly open; in half bloom
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to understand; to make out
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
sprouting; budding; young shoot; moe; fascination; infatuation (esp. towards anime and manga characters)
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
kindness (shown by others); courtesy; favor; favour; good offices
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
gelidium jelly strips (made from agar-agar); prostate orgasm
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
convenient; handy; useful
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
game arcade; video arcade
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
rumour (of a love affair); rumor; romance; (arch.) bad reputation
to increase in value; to gain prestige