to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
face to face; between two persons
(arch.) all together in a line; (arch.) all together in a lump; dressed sloppily; overdressed for the occasion
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
for two people; (work) of two; (meals) for two
drink money; alcohol expenses; tip; gratuity
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
that kind; competition; match
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
sensitivity; susceptibility
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
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
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
short guardless sword worn on the hip
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
without preparation; off the cuff; unreserved; without restraint; beginning; start
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
whole book (volume); complete episode
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
meaning; connotation; denotation
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly