heart pounding; chest tightening
strip-searching; security check
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
one-hit wonder; flash in the pan; all-or-nothing gambler; one-shot speculator; slugger; home-run batter
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
user's manual; instruction manual; operation manual
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
to understand each other well; to relate to; to strike a sympathetic chord
resemblance; similarity; analogy
finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
dressing up; wearing fancy clothes
debut match; debut fight; debut race
weight; body weight; importance; weight; emphasis
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
subconsciousness; subconscious (awareness)
debut work; one's first work
original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
household (electrical) appliances; home appliances; consumer electronics
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting