to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
such; this sort of; like this
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
predictable; repetitive; being in a rut; set in one's ways
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
with a start; with a jump
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
technology; technique; technical
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to lay aside; to set aside
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
apparent age (of someone); rough age