chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
like this; this sort; this way
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
extremely busy; short-handed; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
the whole school; all the schools
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
talking while standing; standing around talking
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
clanging; empty; deserted
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
licking one's lips (at the sight of appetizing food); licking one's lips (in anticipation); waiting eagerly (for); salivating (e.g. at the thought)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)