ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); sweetfish
in public; in company; in the presence of others
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
extravagant spree; wild merrymaking; living it up
gracefully; affectedly; mincingly
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
everyone at once; everyone together
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
ehehe (embarrassed laugh); ahaha
to get narrower; to contract
thoroughly; carefully; deliberately; seriously; fully
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
rash assumption; hasty conclusion
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
do not be surprised; lo and behold; wait for it
absconding; making off; taking off; slipping away; vanishing; disappearing
clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement