care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
elder sister; effeminate man
to relax; to feel at home
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
made of aluminum (aluminium)
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
rack; ruck (rugby); lac; luck
(aircraft) hangar; (coat) hanger; hunger
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
coordinate; co-ordinate; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours); coordinated outfit (clothes and accessories); ensemble; coordinates (items of clothing, furniture, etc. designed to be used together)
suited figure; person in a suit
to press a question; to cross-examine
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
the touch of; feel of; texture
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
since then; from that time; ever since
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
war; fighting; fierce competition
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)