return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to mix; to stir; to blend
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
arrest; apprehension; capture
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
this for sure; certainly is
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to be jealous; to be envious
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
jealousy; roasted rice cake
manly; masculine; like a man
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo
living thing; organism; creature; biology
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
bloomers; (girls') gym shorts
removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate; palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal
how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to dye; to colour; to color
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
established practice; custom
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)