grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri
brown; light brown; tawny
French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
true character; true heart; true spirit
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
getting back to the subject at hand, ...; (but) to return to the main topic, ...; so much for digressions, ...
serious; severe; grave; acute
change; alteration; modification
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
as before; as ever; as it was originally
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
to drop; to let fall; to omit
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
on the occasion of; at the time of
metallic sound; metallic clank
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
to move off (into the distance); to become distant; to recede; to drift away (from a person, activity, etc.); to distance oneself (from); to become less frequent (e.g. of visits)
this world; this life; world of the living
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to stare back at; to look back at
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
to shout (in anger); to yell
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)