medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
airborne (troops, operation, etc.)
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
boisterously; roughly; briskly
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
stairs; stairway; staircase
actor; actress; player; performer
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
covered with; stained; smeared
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
river; stream; River; the ... river
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
1,000,000; one million; million; many
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
nesting hole; burrow; den
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period