river fish; freshwater fish
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
imposingly; heavily; conspicuously; in a dignified manner
manner of using one's hands
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
personage; person (deserving of respect)
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to be greedy; to devour greedily
to have a meal; to take a meal
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
true character; real nature
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to die; to ascend to heaven
person concerned; interested party; related party
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to grow fond of; to grow attached to; to become enamoured with
distant look; faraway look
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
if you think about it; come to think of it
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together