friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
sign of remorse; indication of regret
locker room; changing room; dressing room
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
locker; rocker; rock'n'roller
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
spider's thread; spider silk
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
weight; body weight; importance; weight; emphasis
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
(your) choice; preference; wish
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
difficult to hear; hard to hear; unpleasant to hear; painful to hear; difficult to ask
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
skin as beautiful as a gem; beautiful skin
boat for transporting mud; boat made from mud (in folktales); (fig.) sinking ship