morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
maintenance; preservation; improvement
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
trial in absentia; judgment by default (judgement)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
so; like this; in this way
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
originally; by nature; from the start
gender; distinction of sex; sex
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
first meeting; first interview with
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
female friend; woman friend
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
viewer; (television) audience