to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor); to take (someone) to a doctor
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
military law; martial law; tactics; strategy
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
three people on the same vehicle (usu. bike)
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
to step forward; to volunteer
(present) head of a family
this family; our family; this house; we
what sort of; what kind of; what way
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
to become moist; to be moistened; to profit (from); to benefit; to be refreshed (of one's mind); to be enriched (of one's heart)