gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
large serving; large portion
soupy; containing more broth or sauce than usual (of gyudon, etc.)
river fish; freshwater fish
daily set meal; daily special; plat du jour
loveable; very likeable; like very much
brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother; black contemporary (music)
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
society; public; community; social studies
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
bill (at a restaurant); check
earnings from a part-time job
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
(electrical) earth; ground; earthing; Earth