soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
solid foods (as introduced during weaning); weaning food; complementary foods; solids
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
material; substance; matter
direct connection; direct link
European Community; EC; e-commerce; electronic commerce; emergency contraception; engineering constructor
to be at a loss for words
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
suspicion (of having committed a crime, wrongdoing)
joyful (news, event, etc.); joyous; delightful (e.g. result); pleasing (e.g. sight); gratifying; welcome
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
unidentifiable; unidentified
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
twentieth century; Nijisseiki pear (variety of nashi); Nijusseiki pear
beginning (of a century, etc.)
abstract painting; abstract art
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
Rorschach test; Rorschach inkblot test
muscle-building drug (e.g. anabolic steroids, creatine); muscle-building agent
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
great enthusiasm; high excitement
to rant and rave; to raise hell
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance