stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
index finger; forefinger; second toe
farsightedness; far-sightedness; hyperopia; hypermetropia; long-sightedness
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
even if; even though; however; no matter how
check station; checkpoint
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
right beside; close to; nearby
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
to breathe while sleeping
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
mutant strain; mutated variant; mutant species
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to stare back at; to look back at
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
curiosity; inquisitiveness
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter