place; situation; position; location
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
feeling; sense; impression
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
older brother; elder brother
to put into the mouth; to eat
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
to badger; to pester; to beg
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to look forward to something
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
complexion; colour; color; blood red
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
blackish; darkish; dark; dusky
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
being startled; getting a shock