to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating
very interesting; of great interest
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to finish reading; to read through
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on
disorder; chaos; confusion
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
various places; several sources
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
retreat; retirement; depression (hole)
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
frame (physical structure); framework; framework (of a plan, system, etc.); structure; outline
to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to flush out (a hare, fox, etc.); to drive out; to drive (cattle, sheep, etc.); to urge on; to drive (to do); to urge
unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)
to slap; to strike; to spank
university hospital; teaching hospital
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
outer gardens of Meiji Shrine
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on