just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
shooting up one after another
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
one example of (when there are more examples)
decline in attendance (shopping district, workplace, etc.); differing from a typical person; atypical person
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
will not do; do not; does not
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
very bad condition; awful state; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
Miyazaki (city, prefecture)
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same
catalog; catalogue; inventory; menu
charcoal grilling; char-grilling
food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
(made of) stone; stone-built
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut