insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion); rattle-rattle; rustle-rustle; whisper-whisper
audio; audio equipment (esp. high-end)
sound leaking (out of headphones, etc.); sound leakage
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
round; spherical; circular
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
bow shape; arc; arch; segment (of a circle)
bursting at the seams; bulging; snip-snip (of scissors)
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
filling; packing material; stuffing; padding
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
fukuwarai; New Year's game in which blindfolded players place cutouts of facial features onto the outline of a face
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
antsy; agitated; irritated; anxious; vexed
to push aside; to brush aside
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
suspicious-looking; fishy
long slits (esp. of eyes)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment