provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport); characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre)
ruled line; rule; chart; crease; score; border
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
very interesting; of great interest
taking care of one's sexual urges; sexual gratification
prime field; figurine (used in modeling, dollmaking, etc.)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
on and after; from ... onward; since
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
reading aloud; reading (a kanji) by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
malicious; deliberately mean
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to amuse oneself; to make merry
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
to backfire; to have a harmful result
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
returning tit for tat; retaliating
method of bringing up; method of raising