man; male; masculine gender
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
place; room; margin; scope
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
for a while; for some time; for a period
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
principal occupation; core business
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
that is to say; so that means
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
to join forces; to cooperate
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
small; fine; detailed; stingy
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit