to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
fellow; guy; chap; he; him; she
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
fellow pupil (apprentice)
to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
to start; to begin; to commence
nonchalantly; without a care
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
touchstone; Lydian stone; touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test
rice cooked together with oyster meat, etc.
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
column shape; cylinder; columnar
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
boiled daikon (or turnip, etc.) eaten hot with miso
dish dressed with sesame sauce
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
dorayaki; dessert sandwich of two small sweet pancakes and red bean paste
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
electrically powered; electric
mil (one thousandth of an inch); mill
to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill
mouth with a protruding lower lip and jaw; socket; receiving window; slot
very strong person; brave warrior; veteran
to figure out; to get an idea
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
pure heart; naivete; innocence
sudden impulse; passing fancy
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
to stand upright with arms and/or legs spread; to dodge
ruggedly; jaggedly; stiffly; choppy (e.g. graphics); lagged; clunky
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh