crawling with the belly against the floor (baby)
to misread; to mispronounce
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
mentally deranged person; lunatic
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
change in one's looks; change in one's appearance
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
plate of assorted fried food
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
on countless occasions; many a time
romance (e.g. the Arthurian romances)
just above; right overhead
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
talk about various topics
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to annoy; to cause trouble
bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
to be faintly visible; to be barely visible
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio
open; spacious; extensive
somewhere (very vague); someplace (very vague)
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.