to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
school building; schoolhouse
drinking fountain; water fountain; bubbler; (animal) watering hole; water hole
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to jostle; to crowd; to haggle
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
to taste; to try (food or drink)
yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
to wring the neck; to strangle
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
nether region; between the legs; groin; crotch
to crouch; to squat; to cower
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
as if nothing had happened
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
having said that; be that as it may
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap