to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
thereupon; shortly thereafter
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions)
slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
cabbage roll; stuffed cabbage
nature; property; disposition
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
considerably; fairly; quite
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
to grimace; to make a wry face
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham