cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to look unconcerned; to assume a composed look
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to look attractive; to look nice
Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica)
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
not worth (getting angry about, etc.)
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
Japanese person; Japanese people
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
and yet; though; when; in spite of
so; like this; in this way
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
intelligence; intellect; brains
sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways; leafhopper (insect); jassid; sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes); levelling off (of prices, etc.)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
reality; actuality; hard fact