w-sitting; duck sit; sitting position with both knees bent outward and buttocks flat on the floor
one part; one portion; one section
last night; yesterday evening
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
both (people); the two of them
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
fast-talking; rapid talking
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
proper; respectable; decent; honest
indicates being the subject or receiver of an action, decision, etc.; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
(on the) sea; surface of the sea
sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus); person who sucks up to superiors; toady
eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving
on board a ship; aboard a ship