to rest one's chin in one's hands
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
no matter how much time passes
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to make a speech; to address
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
not limited to; not just ...
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
as many (people) as possible
to need; to call for; to require
to say; to be called; to do
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
corridor; hallway; passageway
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
to lie deep in; to extend far back
(Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to sit down; to take a seat
because of; owing to; due to