to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
item; something that one "just has to have"
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
chilly; unpleasantly cold
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
to set on fire; to ignite
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
leaving a matter to chance
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
decision; determination; resolution
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
freely; frankly; without reserve
day of month; counter for days
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
contrived; false-sounding
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
partly open; in half bloom
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
grip (of hand); grip strength
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
sensible; sensuous; intuitive