derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
variation; variant pattern
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
empty lot; vacant plot of land
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
even if not; even without
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
stringlike; thready; linear; filamentous; filiform
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
to be annoying; to be troublesome
temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)
even though things may appear this way
obstinate; stubborn; obstinate person; stubborn person
large quantity; large amount
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve