thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
control; check; restraint; inhibition
pollution; contamination; corruption; graft
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
feeling good; feeling nice; feeling pleasant
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
loop; shape of a hiragana "no"
tsuzumi; hourglass-shaped Japanese hand drum; drum (general term for struck leather percussion instruments)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
standing in a group; standing up in unison
panting; gasping; heavy breathing
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction
scorching; scorch; scorched rice (at the bottom of the pot); crispy rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
attempting to conceive; trying to have children
storage; preservation; stocking; hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)
to spout (of a whale); to blow (water and air from a blowhole); to squirt (female ejaculation)
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (of a single person)
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
fellow sufferers pity each other
most of all; extremely; supremely
bullying (the weak); bully
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
concealment (esp. of wrongdoings or criminals); sheltering; harboring