to complain; to lodge a complaint
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
to become keen on; to get passionate about
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied
half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position
Mach (number); (at a) fast speed
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
to get help; to enlist aid
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
old friend; familiar face
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
super-sweet; sickly-sweet; overly kind; overly soft (on someone)
artificial cigarette used to avoid smoking
having children; attempting to conceive
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
pregnancy; conception; gestation
scheduled date; expected date; due date; estimated date of confinement; expected date of delivery
adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise