cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
episode; anecdote; vignette
confusion; mixing; merger
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
primary school; elementary school; grade school
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
to mix; to stir; to blend
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
as a child; when one was a child
vague recollection; faint memory
in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
to be injured; to sustain a wound
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
curse; spell; malediction
scene; sight; scenario; setting
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
growth period (in children)
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
bento; Japanese box lunch
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable