indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
sincere; honest; faithful
tender-hearted; compassionate; charitable; good-hearted
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
cooked rice; something one never grows tired of
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to plead; to urge; to pester; to beg; to badger; to complain
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
to beat time; to mark time
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to draft; to write a rough copy
coloured paper; colored paper
tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle
to be conceited; to be stuck up; to be full of oneself; to be cocky
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
murder; homicide; manslaughter
offender; criminal; culprit
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
fewest; least; smallest (number); youngest
without; unless; have to do
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
in the end; on top of that
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
major earthquake; large earthquake
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
craving; longing; thirsting
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty