facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to yield to temptation; to succumb
self control; self restraint
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
until now; so far; up to the present
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
meridian (e.g. in acupuncture); channel; one of the lines connecting vital points in the body; thread of connection; chain of reasoning
adds force or indicates command
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote