the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
living thing; living creature; animal; life
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to say (something) over one's shoulder
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
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)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do