soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
(United States of) America; USA
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
both; both sides; both parties
to examine someone's expression
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
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
looking pale; looking unwell
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
just past noon; afternoon
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
morning; forenoon; just before noon
seeing one off; farewell; escort
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
low flame (cooking); low heat; simmering
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
shellfish; seashell; shell
cooking; food preparation
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
chive (Allium schoenoprasum); chives
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
silence (not speaking); muteness
at the last moment; this late in the game