fat; tallow; lard; grease
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
interruption; suspension; break
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to rub in (e.g. cream into the skin); to grind and mix (e.g. pepper into miso)