sampling food; tasting; trying
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
high and low (social standing)
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to serve; to dish up; to dish out
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
exposure to wind; severe criticism
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
example; exercise (for the reader)
to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
dryer (esp. hair); drier; blower
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
the senses; sensuality; carnality
to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
wet dream; nocturnal emission
at a moment's notice; readily
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
beautiful breasts; well-shaped breasts
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
masturbation; self consolation
gradually; slowly but steadily
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to suck on; to cling to; to chew on
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
stroke (of a racket, in swimming, etc.)