receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
baseball player; ballplayer
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
press release; announcement
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry
pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline
large family; extended family
large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
manner of using one's hands
to throw into; to dump in together
trunks (swimming, boxing, etc.); trunks (underwear); boxers; boxer shorts
government management; state management
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to avoid; to dodge; to evade
collection of short stories; collected short stories
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows