to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
to put one's strength into
modan'yaki (okonomiyaki topped with yaki-soba and fried together)
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
result; effect; performance; success
later on; eventually; afterwards
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to happen to pass by; to pass by
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
control; check; restraint; inhibition
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
to save; to leave over; to spare
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than