cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
just past noon; afternoon
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to stop walking; to pause
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
fuel consumption; gas mileage
low rating; bad reputation
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
(ice cream) cone; (speaker) cone; (traffic) cone; corn; maize
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake
bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
boiling in (plain or lightly salted) water; boiled food
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to put one's heart (into); to apply oneself (to); to devote oneself (to); to take an interest (in)
to mix; to blend; to combine
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
man's man; man aggressively pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) carnivore
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
patient; unhurried; leisurely
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath