to stop; to prohibit; to forbid someone to do something
stalker; (mechanical) stoker
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
sexual experience (with women)
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back
helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
the moment of meeting (of two people, vehicles, etc.); the moment of running into each other; the moment of crossing paths
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
team of reporters; news crew
speaking with a trill; rolling one's r's
Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
significance (esp. in statistics)
system; institution; organization; organisation
pre-war days; before the war
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
stylish; smart; (hair) dressed in a Western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
in a drenched manner; moistly; affectionately; fondly; slowly; at ease
class; heading; group; category
similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul; vengeful spirit (spawned from a dead person's hate); vindictive soul (of a deceased person)
increase in the average age of marriage
declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility
privatization; privatisation
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly and flirt with each other
to get on well with (someone)
practice; exercise; military exercise; manoeuvres; seminar
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
(right at the) side; just beside
almost completely empty; virtually empty; inadequately defended; undefended; unguarded
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
eating until one is full; eating one's fill; gorging (on); having adequate food; having all one needs (for daily living); plenty
to walk about; to go out (here and there); to gad about