thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan; sukiyaki
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
happy memory; sweet memory
indivisible; unconvincing; incomprehensible; unaccounted for
question; inquiry; enquiry
to sprout; to put forth buds
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
without; but if; otherwise; or else
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
state of mind; mentality; psychology
self-consciousness; self-awareness
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
very hungry; starving; ravenous
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
early evening cloud; clouds at sunset
a pair (of shoes or socks)
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to be exhausted; to be tired out
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
the first and second; a few
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend