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); to get on the same page
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; putting on airs; 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); seat
cabbage roll; stuffed cabbage
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
detour; circuitous route; diversion
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
thickly; heavily; profusely; (complain) endlessly; excessively; tediously
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
elliptical shape; oval shape
carving; engraving; sculpture
copulation (among animals); mating; treading; covering; serving
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
joints; points (of a speech)
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
conviction; belief; confidence
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking