slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
accumulation; accumulate; store
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
slight; little; insignificant
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
patting; stroking; caressing
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
restoration; repair; mending
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with