to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
bento; Japanese box lunch
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
to be embarrassed for a reply
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
place of origin (of a plant or animal species, etc.); natural habitat; original home; place of origin (of manufactured goods)
American continent; the Americas
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
(pork) cutlet curry; tonkatsu curry
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
to talk (a person) down; to confute