to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc.
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to behead; to decapitate; to fire; to dismiss
primary school; elementary school; grade school
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
group; party; team; squad; section
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
one way or the other; either way
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
nice and warm day; balmy weather
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
rustling; refreshing; clearly
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
sharing; division; draw; tie
violent emotion; passion; fury
amplitude; degree of vibration; range of vibration; degree of instability
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
down quilt; feather quilt; feather duvet; eiderdown
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is