katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
too much; excessively; too
excessive; too much; unreasonable
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
one of these days; someday; one day
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
gossip; corner of the mouth
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment