meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
collaboration; joint work
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
daruma otoshi; toy consisting of vertically stacked wooden blocks that must be knocked away without letting the daruma doll on top fall to the ground
to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
creative cookery; creative cuisine
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
demanding; difficult; strict
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
to dish up; to arrange (food) on a plate
together; mutually; reciprocally; adds a nuance of solemnity or formality
child born to one's current wife
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
one meal; one meal (a day)
situation; outlook; one's allegiance; affiliation; position
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
straightforward approach; playing it straight; fair deal
the other day; lately; recently
behind with everything; too late; reactive
offensive camp; team at bat
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
draw; tie; quits; even; square
shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.); shuuto (type of pitch commonly used in Japan); shootball; shoot (of a tree or plant); chute
individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky