oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
scorching; scorch; scorched rice (at the bottom of the pot); crispy rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
meaning; called; named; that says; that
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
soft and lacking firmness; weak; weak-willed; spineless; weak (market); bearish
testimony; (verbal) evidence
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
diminutive used with names, etc.; diminutive adjective ending
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
is that so?; I see; right; oh
retort; back talk; backchat
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
failure; mistake; blunder
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)