nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
(woman's) undersash; rolled omelette mixed with fish (paste) (omelet)
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
to throw into; to toss into
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
dietitian; (licensed) nutritionist
small; fine; detailed; stingy
literally; to the letter; literal
staying at home during the New Year's holiday
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
moving about; stirring about
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
reopening; resumption; restarting
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
depending on the situation; depending on circumstances
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to distribute; to hand out
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema