to be kind to; to treat kindly
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to apologize; to apologise
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
primary school; elementary school; grade school
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
senior high school; high school
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
university student; college student
tool; implement; means; furniture
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress