to have a meal; to take a meal
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
French food; French cooking; French cuisine
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
morning sickness; nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
to cool; to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor; assailant; offender; at-fault party (e.g. in an accident)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
to look down on; to condescend
many; numerous; various; large number of
to be conspicuous; to stand out
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
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
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
(someone else's) parents; both parents
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
self-control; self-restraint
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with