lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
bento; Japanese box lunch
to manage something successfully; to be successful
reserving; storing; setting aside; laying away
to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
the last remaining piece (which people are reluctant to take for themselves)
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
curry udon; udon with curry sauce
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
and; thereupon; because of that
to show signs of; to appear
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
piece; fragment; one (object)
subtle seasoning that brings out the flavor; secret ingredient