leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
sound of two hard thin objects rubbing together; crunch crunch
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
pride; boast; credit (to)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
all; entire; whole; altogether
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
when it becomes; when it comes to
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
time around sunset; early evening