bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train
consideration; taking into account
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
genius; prodigy; natural gift
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to come back; to bloom a second time
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
piece; fragment; one (object)
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)