aloneness; loneliness; solitude
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
to grow fond of; to grow attached to; to become enamoured with
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
utmost limits; extremity; limit
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
baked seaweed; toasted seaweed
natto (fermented soybeans)
full-course dinner; multicourse meal
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
side table; bedside table
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
fresco; mural; wall painting
hieroglyph; hieroglyphic character
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
explanation; interpretation
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to sleep all day; to idle away one's time; to loaf all day