please; somehow or other; one way or another
cannot be helped; unavoidable
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
alien (from another planet)
to find out; to discover; to locate
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
close; intimate; on good terms
close; intimate; on good terms
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
day after day; day by day
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
expressing one's mind; speaking out
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
one's fate (fortune) as concerns love
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
three dimensions; three dimensional; 3D; real world; IRL (in real life)
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
there are brief moments of leisure even when at one's busiest
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
call of a wild goose; wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro)
high-quality green tea; jewel-like dewdrop
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake