positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant