cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
to become empty; to be emptied
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
to use up all one's strength
towel blanket; terry-cloth blanket
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to happen to meet; to come across
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
final; eventual; ultimate
entertainment (at a party); amusement; fun; trick
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to frolic about; to mess around
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to bring; to take; to bring about
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
to drink up; to drain (cup)
bell pepper; green pepper; pimiento; pimento; capsicum