sweet rice jelly; Edo-period herbal medicine used as an antitussive and a breath freshener
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
laughing embarrassedly and sticking out one's tongue
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
drop-by-drop; dripping; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion; sluggishly; dawdling
in that way; like that; that way
to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)
common use; communal use; sharing
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
front; frontage; facade; main
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
criticism; critique; review; comment; critical essay
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
world history; international history
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
physical law; laws of physics
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
air transportation; air transport
deity with extraordinary spiritual powers
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology