tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
duty; obligation; responsibility
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
to thrust away; to send flying
with a start; with a jump
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
diaper; nappy; (arch.) swaddling clothes; (arch.) loincloth
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
thorough; exhaustive; complete
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to surround; to crowd around
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody