lariat; slip noose; lasso; lariat (wrestling); clothesline
to be helpful; to be useful
to blow off; to be blown off
matte (finish, colour, etc.); matt; mat; matte (metallurgy)
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to jump up and down; to hop
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
bento; Japanese box lunch
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
Island; insula; island; islet
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
treating someone like a child
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
to be consistent; to be coherent
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)