painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
simmering; (boiling) gently
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
becoming (like) an old man (in one's manner); turning into an old geezer
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding bed
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
iron sand; magnetite sand
thick (esp. paper, cloth)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
decision; determination; resolution
counter for books; volume
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect