contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
delicious; appetizing; appetising
to tighten; to press hard
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
in that way; like that; that way
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to take over; to hand over
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
to watch over; to watch attentively
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to accept; to receive; to agree
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
raging fire; conflagration
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state