to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
whitebait; immature sweetfish
with energy; vigorously; cheerfully; assertively; lustily
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
nostril; nostrils; naris; nares
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
importance; emphasis; stress
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
shady; underhanded; questionable
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
visual confirmation; sighting
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
endless; boundless; everlasting
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious