to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
elder sister; effeminate man
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
softly; mildly; gently; politely
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
and yet; though; when; in spite of
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
to appease; to suppress; to calm
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
loafer; free-loader; tramp; unemployed person
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
to look displeased; (lit.) to flare one's nostrils
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving