direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed
home delivery (of food); outside catering
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
rate; late; rating; ranking
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
first thing in the afternoon
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell