retention; maintenance; preservation
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
indicates failure, regret, etc.
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
supreme; sublime; highest
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
physique; physical standard; posture; sexual position
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
link; directory entry; rink
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to attack; to assault; to assail
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
overprescription; overmedication; drug dependence
sex slave; sexual slavery
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
by itself; automatically; naturally
something going right into or coming right out of a place where it fits snugly
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
having said that; be that as it may
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
drop (e.g. of water); drip