sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
bad-tempered; aggressive; quarrelsome
hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn
random pounding (e.g. on a drum)
expressing one's mind; speaking out
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
first match (in a series)
without permission; without notice
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
unable to resist; unable to suppress
tacit; unspoken; implicit
to keep a watchful eye on
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
all you have to do is; just; that's all
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
to live; to make a living; to get on with
double; twice (as much); twofold
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)