half portion; inexperienced; green; poor (work)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
opening a business; opening a practice
lecher; nymphomaniac; dilettante
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
pinning technique (in wrestling or judo); underhanded dealings
cross; cross shape; sign of the cross
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
warm; comfortable; snug; cozy; cosy; pleasant
martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
proposal; offer; request; application
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; inexperienced (in love); innocent; birth-
to awake from one's sleep
testimony; (verbal) evidence
one's own handwriting; autograph; as written with a brush
complementation; supplementation; completion
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
shaking; jolting; shaking up (e.g. one's adversary); flustering (someone)
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
patterns of thinking; train of thought
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate