willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
please; somehow or other; one way or another
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
entreaty; supplication; petition
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
that day; the very same day
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
breath; breathing; tone; mood
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to strip and leave clothes lying around
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
Zen monk's early morning meal; refreshment; cakes; simple Chinese food; dim sum
gentle spring rain; thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch)
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise