nikujaga; meat and potato stew
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
one's share; one's portion
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
how many years; how long; what year
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
family; members of a family
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
meaning; significance; sense
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to be extremely embarrassed; to burn with shame
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable