not revealing (thoughts, feelings); not breathing a word
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
leaving work (office, school) early
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
chilly; unpleasantly cold
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
tottering steps; drunken staggering
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup
marking; grading; scoring
conscious; deliberate; intentional
golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny
including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
attentive; scrupulous; tactful; tasteful; smart
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
precision instrument or machine
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving