powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
instantaneous water heater; on-demand water heater
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
crisp (like a pickle); crunchy; firm (musculature); stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.)
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to blow out; to spout out
lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration
surely (not); certainly (not)
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
inattention; absent-mindedness
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
short pause; short interval
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to lend an ear to; to listen to
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
looking depressed; long face
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
to make a lasting impression
with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden
to fold up; to fold into layers