languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
manners; behavior; behaviour
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
cabbageworm (caterpillar of the cabbage white butterfly)
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
firm; unshakeable; resolute
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger
bento; Japanese box lunch
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
reaching; attaining; arrival
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to rise; to erect; to get up
in advance; beforehand; previously
Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree; enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
bento; Japanese box lunch