by all means; no matter what; at any rate
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
release (of a film, music album, software, etc.); publication; release; liberation; release (of a previously pressed mouse button)
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
righteye flounder (any fish of family Pleuronectidae)
righteye flounder (any fish of family Pleuronectidae)
destroying a fish's spinal cord (to keep the flesh fresh)
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
-less; lacking; non-existing
word game; wordplay; playing with words
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
whispering; murmuring; subdued
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
one's opinion on (life and) death
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to affect; to impact; to influence
nothing but; none other than