dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
The Nonpareil Kitchen (nickname for Osaka); The Kitchen of the Nation
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
end; tip; extremities; terminal
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
carnivore; carnivorous animal
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
snapping one's fingers; finger-snap
loveable; very likeable; like very much
all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land; far and wide; (in) every port and harbor
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)