(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
else; in addition; besides
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
Horikita Maki (1988.10.6-)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
(opening of a) wound; cut
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to become locked; to lock
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
hives; nettle rash; urticaria
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)