painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
quite; utterly; really; completely
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
completely; thoroughly; exactly; precisely; comfortably; not at all
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)