recreation; diversion; relaxation
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
samue; monk's working clothes
thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
tidying a garden; sweeping the yard; garden work
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
grated daikon; daikon grater
beefsteak plant; perilla; megaphylls; (lit.) large leaf
juice pressed from a bitter orange; ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
plate (e.g. nameplate, license plate); plate (dish); (tectonic) plate; (home) plate; pitcher's mound; plate; plate
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
tingling; stinging; pungently
hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
temporary absence from school
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
as a child; when one was a child
distant look; faraway look
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped