difficult to eat; unpalatable
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
heap; pile; stack; full measure
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
though; notwithstanding; although
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
puffing (e.g. steam train); chugging; steaming; feeling hot
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
another time; some other time
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
drum; croaker (any fish of the family Sciaenidae); Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
incarnation; embodiment; realization; giving concrete form (to)
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
royal capital; imperial capital
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
pale; pallid; bluish-white
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))