skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
moment by moment; hour by hour
to get narrower; to contract
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
nyctophobia; fear of the dark; scotophobia
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
no, not like that (but like this)
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
lip-syncing; lip-synching
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
restaurant with only set meals
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
twice cooked pork (Szechuan dish)
individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
civil affairs; civil case