unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
genital organ; genitalia; sexual organ; reproductive organ
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
being fond of children; person fond of children
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
system; organization; organisation; architecture
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
glans; head of a penis; (lit.) goose's neck
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
to get warm; to become warm
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
sharing; division; draw; tie
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
contradiction; inconsistency
by all means; by all costs
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
separation; farewell; parting
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience