mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
to serve; to dish up; to dish out
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to untangle; to untwine; to get back together (with a former partner)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
ill will; malice; evil intent
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
female friend; woman friend
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil; propelling pencil
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
already; as early as; at the earliest; at the soonest
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
to collect; to assemble; to gather
crude wood (i.e. with many knots)
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities; to slip away; to abscond
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible