to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
economical; economy size; family size (esp. of packaged food)
cheese tara; stick of cheese sandwiched between two thin strips of dried fish paste
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to aggravate; to make serious
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
honour; honor; glory; privilege
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
something like ...; something called ...