seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
half a ken (approx. 0.9 m); half-sized tatami mat
bottom; buttocks; bidet function (for anal cleansing)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
hey; yo; hi; yessir; understood
sanity; consciousness; soberness
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
to go out and away; to leave
to get back into shape; to retrain; to rebuild; to reschool
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
when it comes to ...; as for ...
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
sneaking a bite; snitching food
to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
manly; masculine; like a man
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
to increase; to add to; to augment
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
to be able (to); to be possible (to)