male and female (animals)
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
courteous; decorous; polite
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
self-torturing; masochistic
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
overall victory; championship
rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
intelligence gathering; information gathering
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to move forward; to move on
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
pessimism; negative thinking
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
as before; as ever; as it was originally
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury