fish-based cooking; fish dish
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
formal marriage interview
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
hairy; thickly haired; shaggy
boy; son; baby boy; young man
carnivore; carnivorous animal
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
suffix for familiar person
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
with these words; while saying
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
association; union; guild
and yet; though; when; in spite of
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
to thrust before; to thrust at
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to put into effect; to put into practice
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear