jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
how; in what way; by what means
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
many items; pressure of business
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
cesspool; sink; manure sink
random-access memory; RAM
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
under repair; out of service
counter for things inside a bag
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
tingling; stinging; pungently
fine weather; fair weather
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
good feeling; feeling good
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
dose; installment; instalment
insertion; incorporation; infixing
heating power; thermal power; firepower
small grain; small stature or ability