faithful dog Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
bygones; the past; past event
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
antiseptic solution; disinfectant solution
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
participation; joining; entry; adherence
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
verbal promise; one's word
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
earnings from a part-time job
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)