being startled; getting a shock
index finger; forefinger; second toe
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
open; public; official; overt
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
perception; sensation; awareness
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to stay (at); to stop (at)
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
skillful handling of a kitchen knife
evening meal; supper; dinner
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
product; produce; result; fruit
difficult to ...; hard to ...
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to return a favor (favour); to repay
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu