ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
predictable; repetitive; being in a rut; set in one's ways
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
major incident; major happening; big scandal
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
wire mesh net; net made out of metal wire
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
to let (someone) take hold of your hand
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
unnatural or untimely (death)
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
potato starch; starch of dogtooth violet
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
(arch.) to rub into; to train for; to prepare for
dressing; dressing; putting on clothes
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
going in and out of style; changes in fashion
fragment; splinter; wane (of the Moon)
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
side dish (e.g. vegetables, beans, pickles)
to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless
spare time; free time; leisure time
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
sad to say; how sad; alas