mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful conduct; shameful sight
to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant
in search of; in order to look for
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
stochastic; probabilistic
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
dementia; stupidity; foolishness; fool
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
travelling alone; solitary journey
suspicion that something is inferior (game, product, etc.)
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
to be at a loss for words
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
bento; Japanese box lunch
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
without eating or drinking