waist (the part of the pants located above the crotch); pant rise
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
hips; buttocks; backside; hip; trendy; cool
O-back; skirt with peek-a-boo hole in rump
environment; circumstance
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
hair on the back of one's head
small horse; pony; foal; colt; filly
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
genuine; authentic; true; real
to make a bold speech; to make a bold statement
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed
not necessarily so; is not always true
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to increase; to add to; to augment