(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport); pooling (money, resources, etc.); pool (price ring)
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
breaking off an engagement
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
salaried; paid; with pay; paid vacation; paid holiday; paid leave
bikini (swimwear); Bikini island
match (contest); matching (with); going well (with)
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
abdominal muscles; abs; sit-up (exercise)
to embrace; to hug; to have; to possess; to command; to lead
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.); holding; up!; carry me
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
(present) head of a family
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure; playing card suit (in karuta)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to be born; to come into the world
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
to serve; to work for; to attend
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)