rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
together; at the same time; same; identical
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
moving; touching; stirring
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to beat to death; to kill
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
incident; affair; happening; event
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
honorific affix; honorific prefix
(one) could even say that
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
explanation; interpretation
ago; since; before; previous
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to show up; to appear; to turn up
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
to return evil for good; to return a favour with spite (favor)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off