chopped kabayaki eel on rice; eel fillets cooked over charcoal with soy flavoured sauce, cut in small pieces and served on rice
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
make one wrong move and...; take one wrong step and...
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
it's not like; it isn't as if
changing clothes; change of clothes
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
for example; for instance; e.g.
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
laser; Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
like that; that way; thus
to be lacking in options; to be too few
a little; a bit; slightly
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
beforehand; in advance; previously
toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
having not the slightest idea
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical