front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
pace; tempo; slow and fast; in case of emergency
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
sound of something floating or sinking in water
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
scene; spectacle; sight; view
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
to well up; to burst; to arise
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
one scene (e.g. in a movie)
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
hegemony; leadership; initiative
one's long-cherished desire
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
with a "plop" (of tears, drop of water, etc.)
counter for drops of liquid