day after day; day by day
fine split (e.g. in wood); hangnail
little finger; pinky; little toe
in proportion to; just as much as
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
take care; take good care of yourself
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
to rip out (and take); to tear out
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
subconsciousness; subconscious (awareness)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)