chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
in low spirits; dejected; sad
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
mabo nasu; fried eggplant with Chinese chili sauce
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
one's way back; one's way home
study group; study meeting
library (usu. single-room); small library
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry
here and there; everywhere
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
going through; going via; going by way of
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
the way back; the way home; return trip
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
blood congestion; -stasis
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
taking a picture or video of oneself (esp. with a smartphone camera); selfie; video selfie; self-taken picture
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
using one's arms as a pillow
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
nice; likeable; desirable
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything