thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
interior; inside; internal
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
one (thing); one piece; one item
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
sphere; globe; ball; sphere; counter for pitches
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
sea urchin; seasoned sea urchin eggs
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
fat under-belly of tuna (considered high-quality)
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
not yet developed; undeveloped; underdeveloped
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
transport; transportation; transit; conveyance
progress; advance; improvement; development
notice; attention; observation
in proportion to; just as much as
melt-in-the-mouth feeling
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
transactions; dealings; business
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
natural cheese; non-processed cheese
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use