here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to talk; to chat; to chatter
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
core; core; hardcore; all-out
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
most part; greater part; majority
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to be worried; to be troubled
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to