regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
container for boiled rice
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
retort; back talk; backchat
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
muddy water; red-light district
expression; look; countenance; face
to break the silence; to break one's silence
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
advanced level; high grade; senior
obedience; submission; resignation
to establish; to formulate
badness; evilness; bad; evil
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
like; similar to; same as
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
measured value; actual measurement
master; expert; mansion; large house; rich family; distinguished family
to inherit; to succeed; to take over