to chase; to run after; to pursue
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
before the gate; in front of the gate
how long; how far; how much
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
coating (esp. lacquering)
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
difficult to ...; hard to ...
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
one by one; one each; one at a time
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
piece; fragment; one (object)