instability; insecurity; crankiness
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
sympathy; empathy; response
woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
predictable; repetitive; being in a rut; set in one's ways
hesitantly; timidly; diffidently
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
how; in what way; how about; questionable
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
large serving; large portion
exactly!; surely!; that's it!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
difficult to ...; hard to ...
than; other than; except; but
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)