old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
moment; brief space of time
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
different planet; another planet
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
chopping board; cutting board; flat chest; tiny breasts
rhythmical; rhythmic; well-paced
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
interruption; suspension; break
attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to someone's name
mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters
honorific title; honorific term of address
you could say that; that might be so
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
to lay down one's arms; to disarm; to demilitarize
physiological phenomenon; physiological response
to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
chin; jaw; gills; branchia
memory; ability to remember
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice; front pocket in a haragake
bowl; pot; (plant) pot; flowerpot; crown (of the head); skull