trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
to develop into a serious incident
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
ability to get things done
local government employee; local civil servant
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
cold and heat; (degree of) temperature
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
poisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
outdoor shoes; outdoor footwear
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
within the jurisdiction of
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
hallway slippers; indoor shoes
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
highlighter; highlighter pen
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)