start of a romance; beginning of love
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
opinion; point of view; visual point
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
weird; strange; mysterious
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to sit silently at a meeting
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
end; close; finish; termination
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
meritorious deed; services
sending a book as a present
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration