whichever one chooses; either way
to reflect; to throw back light
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
oozily; seeping out; very damply; humidly
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; wide open; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to get one's breath back; to calm down
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
evening meal; dinner; supper
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
expectation; anticipation; forecast
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents; ungrateful child; unfilial child
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to
nictitation; winking; palpebration; (arch.) moment; (arch.) instant; (arch.) second
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
cheerfully; joyously; joyfully; happily; lightheartedly; excitedly
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
completely honest relationship; hanging out naked (e.g. at a public bath)
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
you (plural); all of you; you all
solution; solution strategy