to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
sidelocks; hair at the temples
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
accumulation; accumulate; store
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
from now; from this moment; henceforth
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding ways; slipway
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
fine white noodles served flowing in a small flume
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to straighten up; to sit upright