pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
continuous; nonstop; consecutive; removing partitions (to create an open space); joining separate rooms into one
utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
long (time that has passed); old (story)
sticker; (adhesive) label
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
dreamy state of mind; ecstasy; trance
rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck
cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
lost article; thing left behind; leaving something behind; forgetting something
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
what's what; heads or tails
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words
to fire (a gun); to shoot; to let off; to loose off; to blow (someone) away
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
stress relief; getting rid of stress
king trumpet mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii); king oyster mushroom
cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance; strange bedfellows
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
birds and beasts; beast; brute; (dumb) animal
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin