thin udon noodles (served chilled)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
SM; S&M; sado-masochism; shopping mall
the usual; as it always is; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); (arch.) in the usual way
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
another; different; something else
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
to get between; to be caught in
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out