sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
father; dad; husband; you; he
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
prohibition; inhibition; ban
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
sleeping together in a huddle
miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
living alone; solitude; solitary life
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
reality; actuality; hard fact
to accept; to receive; to agree
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
because of; owing to; due to
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box