as expected; as predicted
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
straining; tensing up; trying too hard; overexertion; bravado; showing off
regulation; adjustment; control
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
stretch (of a material); stretch material; stretch (exercise); stretching; stretch; straight (course)
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
tingling (with pain or numbness); throbbing; stinging; buzzing; chirring; chirping (of insects)
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
writing implement; writing tool
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to pierce through; to break through
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to do together; to share; to participate in
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
poppy seed; something extremely tiny
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)