small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
natural disaster; calamity
rejection (of an application)
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
being universally acceptable; being suitable for all; being popular with many people
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
strategy meeting; council of war
irritation; annoyance; frustration
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
tears of regret; bitter tears; vexation; chagrin
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
how; in what way; I wonder
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach
to glare at each other; to confront each other
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn