wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
(some) more; even more; longer; further
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
brown meat (crab); miso-like paste found inside a crab's (and arthropods in general) intestinal area; miso mixed with crab innards or scraps
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
confusion; mixing; merger
taste; palate; sense of taste
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
change; transformation; inversion
birth; creation; formation
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
caller; visitor; company; guest
to entertain; to make welcome
how; in what way; how about; questionable
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to bring; to take; to bring about
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect