very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
bun filled with sweet green pea paste
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
good feeling; feeling good
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
spare time; free time; leisure time
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
open; spacious; extensive
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
silence (not speaking); muteness
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
armchair theory; impracticable theory
piece; fragment; one (object)
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly