smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to smile (at); to grin (at)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
come out!; where are you?
old clothes; secondhand clothing
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour
appreciation of the yen; strong yen; strengthening of the yen; high-valued yen; exchange in favor of the yen (favour)
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
sprinkling; dropping in small light bits
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
revengeful ghost; apparition
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
on board a ship; aboard a ship
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to throw open; to leave open
with a momentary flash of light
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
to complete decisively; to do to completion
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion