to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
interior of the mouth; oral cavity
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
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)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
the other day; lately; recently
possible; likely; probable
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
wherein; therein; thereinto
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
poisoning; kill by poison
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
than; from; out of; except; but; more
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
it is not (like that) either
how; in what way; how about
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic