selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
Japanese pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis)
heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar
remaining quantity; residual quantity
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
to take off one's clothes; to undress
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
insertion; incorporation; infixing
such ... as; or some such
manner of using one's hands
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
impression given by a painting or image
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely