quickly (e.g. pushing up one's glasses); with a light pull; with a sharp tug (e.g. at a sleeve)
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
sincerity; true heart; devotion
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
deadly serious; deadly earnest
look (of a person, esp. an idol); appearance
hundred points; perfect mark
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
one's family; family member
sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake
Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree; enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank
thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
(mixture of) ground beef and pork
paste (form); (as a) paste
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
garden (esp. with trees); park
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with