sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to become completely chilled
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to order; to command; to appoint
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
cannot be compared with; no match for
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
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
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
kinako mochi; mochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
division into equal parts; equal parts
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to put into the mouth; to eat
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
to continue to do; to persist in doing