younger brother and sister
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
to look away; to avert one's eyes
guidance; leadership; leading the way
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
innocent; blameless; guiltless
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
questions and answers; dialogue
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
coating; film; membrane; tunic (plants); capsule
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
first of all; in the first place
all sorts of; all kinds of
sex shop; adult shop; porn shop
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
disgusting; sickening; revolting; nauseating
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
proposal; offer; request; application
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter