to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to live; to reside; to inhabit
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
as a child; when one was a child
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation