is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
living room (Western style); sitting room
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to crack; to develop a crack
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
how long; how much; to what extent
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
until now; so far; up to the present
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid