Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
takoyaki party; taco party
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
pick; plectrum; ice pick; pickaxe; pick (of an ice axe); pick (tool for picking a lock)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
not understanding; not knowing
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
vexing; irritating; impatient
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
covered with; stained; smeared
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
comma; decimal point; radix point
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
to feel like; to feel inclined to do