to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
commuter pass; season ticket
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension; interval
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
construction; architecture (of buildings)
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
high efficiency; high performance
word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
to arch; to be curved; to become bow-shaped; to bend backward
general; popular; common; typical
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust